Sr. Engineer - Backend

​​#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:
We are looking to hire a Sr Cloud Engineer to help develop our next-gen third party data ingest platform. We are building systems from the ground up that ingest, parse, enrich and route third party data. Additionally, you will help scale the platform to ingest a petabyte of data per day

The CrowdStrike platform today processes more than 1 Trillion events per day. The team has a critical role to play in ensuring our products are best-in-class in the industry.

What you’ll do:

• Help define, build, and maintain our next generation third party data ingest platform processing petabytes of data

• Work with industry-leading technologies like Kafka, Elastic Search and Cassandra.

• Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects

• Troubleshoot critical production issues

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with event stream platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with NoSQL and Relational DB’s
• Hands on experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization
• Experience in building data platforms at scale
• GoLang/Java/Python skills with strong debugging skills
• Operational experience in the tuning of clusters for optimal data processing
• Experience working in Linux

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes based development and orchestration.
• Contributed to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
• Experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture
• Market leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countries
• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
• Physical and mental wellness programs
• Paid parental leave, including adoption
• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities
• Access to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and Jhanna
• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration
• Birthday time-off in your local country
• Work with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@crowdstrike.com for further assistance.