Senior Engineer - Cloud (Sunnyvale, CA; US Remote)
CrowdStrike1 day ago
Base Salary
$265k - $285k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend software systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions.
- Create distributed systems architecture for endpoint management platforms.
- Build high-performance cloud infrastructure components and support system reliability and performance through monitoring, testing, and debugging.
- Develop sensor telemetry and system debuggability capabilities.
- Conduct root cause analysis for critical issues and collaborate on frontend/backend integration.
- Implement microservices and event-driven architectures for scalability.
- Participate in code reviews, provide technical guidance, and contribute to software architecture best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related computer technical field, or foreign equivalent.
- Five years of experience in the job offered or a closely related occupation.
- Experience building backend distributed systems using microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and service mesh patterns.
- Experience deploying cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP using managed services, Infrastructure as Code, auto-scaling, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-region deployments.
- Experience with Redis, Kafka, Postgres, ElasticSearch or OpenSearch, and related database and event-processing technologies.
- Experience building REST or equivalent APIs using Spring Boot or Gin, with authentication, authorization, versioning, rate limiting, and OpenAPI or Swagger documentation.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java, including concurrency patterns, performance optimization, and production-grade application development.
- Experience troubleshooting distributed systems using Jaeger, Zipkin, ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Strong collaborative coding, design review, code review, and pull request management skills.
Benefits
- 100% telecommuting is permitted from anywhere within the United States.
- Base salary range is $265,000-$285,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses and equity grants.
- Health insurance, 401k, paid time off, competitive vacation, and holidays are provided.
- Paid parental and adoption leave and physical and mental wellness programs are available.
- Professional development opportunities, employee networks, geographic neighborhood groups, volunteer opportunities, and office amenities are offered.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureDockerElasticsearchGinGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaKubernetesPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRedisSpring BootTerraform
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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.