Sr. Software Engineer II - Sensor, Linux Guardian (Hybrid)
CrowdStrike1 day ago
Base Salary
$160k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop enterprise-quality Linux system software for large-scale server and cloud environments.
- Create technical proposals and design documents, lead design reviews, and provide substantive engineering feedback.
- Represent the team in cross-organizational planning and architecture discussions while communicating tradeoffs and risks.
- Plan work, identify dependencies, and flag technical risks early.
- Mentor junior engineers through feedback, pairing, and collaborative code and design reviews.
- Investigate and resolve production incidents and complex escalations at fleet scale.
- Improve end-to-end testing and validation for components with strict correctness and reliability requirements.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality code in C or C++ through professional experience, schoolwork, or community projects.
- Experience developing Linux product code with high concurrency and high reliability requirements.
- Detailed understanding of kernel internals, memory usage, and kernel-level performance analysis.
- Very strong kernel and system software debugging skills.
- Experience working on a team to ship major features and releases.
- Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team.
- Strong design, problem-solving, ownership, communication, and cross-team technical influence skills.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.
- Preferred experience with Linux eBPF and other tracing technologies.
- Preferred background in endpoint security, EDR, kernel-adjacent software, or sensor platform engineering.
- Open-source Linux kernel contributions, technical writing, conference talks, or published engineering work are valued.
Benefits
- Market-leading compensation and equity awards.
- Physical and mental wellness programs, vacation, holidays, and paid parental and adoption leave.
- Professional development opportunities, employee networks, neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.
- Vibrant office culture with world-class amenities and Great Place to Work certification.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring two to three days per week onsite.
- The U.S. base salary range is $160,000-$260,000 per year, with bonus and equity eligibility.
About CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike builds the Falcon cloud-native security platform used by enterprises and governments to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data with EDR, next-generation antivirus, threat intelligence, and managed threat hunting. Founded in 2011 and publicly traded on NASDAQ as CRWD, the company sells primarily by subscription and also provides incident response services; its systems ingest and analyze nearly 3 trillion security events per day across customer environments.