As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
About the Role:
CrowdStrike is looking for a Senior Cloud Software Engineer to join our growing Risk platform Engineering Team within the Exposure management organization. Our new colleague will be responsible for building globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud ecosystems using Golang. Prior experience with Golang is not required, but will be helpful.
This role is for the team that builds and maintains the Risk platform within the Exposure management product.
Risk management platform is offering a single pane of glass experience by aggregating all risks within an organization in a single place, offering uniform access to data and diverse risk management features such as reporting, ticketing, suppression rules and prioritisation. The platform supports integration of Crowdstrike’s internal risk providers as well as from 3rd party integrations
Our team of backend-focused developers works primarily in Golang, operating under the modern 'end-to-end ownership' model that requires full lifecycle ownership of your services, and makes use of distributed/microservices-based architecture to build features for our highly available cloud SaaS, the Falcon Platform.
Don't worry if you don't know Golang, we will teach you!
If you are a hands-on engineer who wants to operate at scale, apply & let's talk!
Find out more about Falcon Exposure Management product:
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/platform/exposure-management/risk-based-vulnerability-management/
CrowdStrike is a computer security company, but we do not require candidates for this role to have prior security industry experience. We will mentor and train in security topics as needed. We do expect a strong interest in CrowdStrike's mission and a willingness to engage with the needs of our product teams and customers.
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Find out why you should join CrowdStrike recognised as a pre-eminent market and technology leader in cybersecurity - https://bit.ly/3GMSqll
Meet our Engineers - www.youtube.com/watch?v=910FGi7VSWU
What You'll Do:
Lead the engineering efforts and architectural design of an application meant to scale to billions of processed events with high complexity data flows
Work with a team of highly skilled and dedicated engineers
Work collaboratively with members across multiple teams in order to define cross-functional technical features
Participate in backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products
Drive the design and implementation of the main business data flows
Contribute to mentoring fellow engineers across a spectrum of technologies and also absorb knowledge from them.
Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability
Be given the autonomy to own your work in a high trust environment.
You'll Use:
Golang
Cassandra
Kafka
Elasticsearch
SQL
Redis
ZMQ
AWS Cloud
Git
What You'll Need:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of production-level experience in building, delivering, and maintaining systems at scale (millions of data points)
Fluency in at least one programming language, preferably in Scala or Go. Java, .Net or any other programming language can be considered.
Ability to design scalable and resilient microservice-based architectures, including clean REST APIs and streaming communication channels
Deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture
Understanding scalability and distributed systems i.e. sharding, partitioning, concurrency, etc.
Cloud Infrastructure Knowledge: AWS or GCP / Azure
Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
Nice to Have Skills:
Practical experience with golang, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch, SQL, Redis
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.
If you have some but not all of the qualifications, but bring a passion for cybersecurity, we’d like to talk!
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.
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