Sr. Engineer 2 - Sensor, Core Windows (Remote)
CrowdStrike1 day ago
Base Salary
$160k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and own kernel-mode and low-level user-mode components of the Windows Falcon sensor through production validation.
- Partner on sensor architecture and technical strategy for endpoint detection and response capabilities.
- Build cross-platform software in collaboration with Linux and macOS engineering teams.
- Lead design reviews and provide substantive code reviews.
- Diagnose production issues and customer escalations involving crashes, hangs, and performance regressions.
- Improve test infrastructure and tooling for kernel-mode software reliability.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with multifunctional teams across locations.
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of C/C++ and Windows kernel and driver development, including minifilter drivers, kernel callbacks, and kernel/user-mode communication.
- Strong knowledge of Windows OS internals, including processes and threads, memory management, the I/O subsystem, and the security model.
- Experience debugging memory corruption, deadlocks, resource contention, and system performance problems, including crash dump analysis with WinDbg.
- Experience shipping major features and releases as part of a team.
- Ability to lead, mentor, communicate, and work effectively in a distributed team.
- Willingness to travel occasionally for team offsites and in-person collaboration.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.
- Preferred experience with Windows Filtering Platform, Event Tracing for Windows, other kernel-mode telemetry sources, endpoint security, EDR, anti-tamper technologies, scalable high-performance systems, or low-level macOS and Linux operating-system internals.
- Familiarity with Agile development practices.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement is stated in the job title.
- Occasional travel is required for team offsites and in-person collaboration.
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.
- Competitive vacation and holidays.
- Paid parental and adoption leave.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Employee networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.
- Office amenities and a Great Place to Work Certified employer.
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.