Principal Staff Engineer, AI Platform Research, Data Science (Remote)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.$195K — $290K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related STEM field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering/Platform Engineering, with 3+ years on AI/ML or Data Science platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM engineering, RAG, and agentic workflows.
  • Experience in designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems.
  • Exceptional coding skills with a focus on performance and maintainability.
  • Ability to utilize AI technologies to enhance workflows and decision-making.
  • Previous experience in a Staff engineering role demonstrating leadership and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, implement, and optimize data platforms for LLMs and AI systems.
  • Drive adoption of agentic workflows for autonomous security features.
  • Lead by example in coding scalable and fault-tolerant data solutions.
  • Write high-quality production-ready code focusing on performance and testing.
  • Provide technical leadership in data modeling for AI/ML workloads.
  • Establish best practices for MLOps/DataOps surrounding LLMs.
  • Mentor engineers and conduct technical workshops to strengthen team skills.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform prototypes into production services.

Benefits

  • Market leader in compensation and equity awards
  • Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
  • Competitive vacation and holidays
  • Paid parental and adoption leaves
  • Professional development opportunities for all employees
  • Employee Networks and volunteer opportunities
  • Vibrant office culture with world-class amenities
  • Great Place to Work Certified globally.
Full Job Description
About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for a hands-on Staff Data Engineer with deep expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs), Agents and AI platforms to join our growing Data Science Platform Engineering Team. You will be a key technical leader, responsible for designing, building, and deploying cutting-edge data infrastructure that powers our next generation of AI-driven security products. Given the rapid evolution of AI tooling and development standards, we seek a technical leader to stay at the forefront of research, optimizing these systems while driving the platform advancements that accelerate our research teams. This role requires significant hands-on experience in LLM integration, agentic workflows, and agent harnessing to deliver high-impact, scalable solutions. You will champion by hands on executing engineering excellence, focusing on shipping fast, writing elegant, high-quality code, and actively mentoring and strengthening the team's technical knowledge and capabilities.

The scale of our systems and data are approaching Exabytes in size. Experience with extremely large-scale systems, including DevSecOps patterns, practices, and standards are important for this work.

What You'll Do:
  • Write code everyday. Architect, implement, and optimize data platforms and pipelines specifically designed to support LLMs, Neural Networks, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and sophisticated AI agentic systems at Exabyte scale.

  • Drive the adoption and deployment of agentic workflows and agent harnessing techniques to create autonomous, data-driven security features.

  • Lead by example in hands coding highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective data solutions, emphasizing rapid iteration and high-quality deployment.

  • Write elegant, production-ready code with a focus on performance, maintainability, and testing rigor, ensuring the ability to ship fast without compromising quality.

  • Provide technical leadership and deep expertise in data modeling, normalization, and semantic cataloging for AI/ML workloads.

  • Establish best practices for MLOps/DataOps surrounding LLMs, including monitoring, observability, and zero-touch recovery mechanisms for AI services.

  • Actively mentor engineers, conducting technical workshops, leading design reviews, and strengthening the team's knowledge in cutting-edge AI platform technologies.

  • Collaborate across the organization with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and other engineering teams to transform research prototypes into robust, production-grade services.

  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of critical data services: development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.


Tech Stack:

  • Languages: Expert-level proficiency in at least one 6 Python, Go, Rust, or JVM technologies.

  • AI/ML: MLOps tools (MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI); agentic frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex).

  • Distributed Processing: Spark, Dask, or Flink.

  • Cloud: AWS, GCP, or OCI and related data services.

  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.

  • Streaming: Kafka, Pulsar.

  • Data Warehousing & Orchestration: Snowflake, BigQuery, Airflow, Kubeflow.

What You'll Need:
  • Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 5+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering/Platform Engineering, with at least 3 years focused on architecting and building platforms for AI/ML or Data Science at massive scale.

  • Demonstrable hands-on experience in LLM engineering (fine-tuning, prompt engineering, deployment), RAG, and developing agentic workflows.

  • Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems (sharding, partitioning, concurrency).

  • Exceptional ability to write clean, elegant, performant, and well-tested code, coupled with a proactive mindset for delivering results quickly.

  • Ability to leverage AI aided secure code development

  • A thorough understanding of engineering practices, including effective peer code reviews, resilient architecture design, and comprehensive testing paradigms.

  • Prior experience in a Staff level engineering role, demonstrating technical leadership and mentorship capabilities.

  • Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:
  • Prior experience in the cybersecurity, intelligence, or high-compliance industries.

  • Contributions to open-source projects related to data or AI/ML.



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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

  • 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 Certified14 across the globe

CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $195,000 - $290,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:10-07-2026

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