Sr. Backend Engineer - Cloud (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.$140K — $215K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex software applications, preferably in a SaaS model.
  • Hands-on experience in large-scale distributed system architecture and optimization.
  • Fluency in programming language, preferably in Go or Python.
  • Experience with commercial cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Demonstrated operational excellence managing services across geographical regions.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Build a platform for developing and running data connectors at scale.
  • Create generic data connectors processing large data volumes with low latency.
  • Develop features for integration certification, testing, and deployment.
  • Address challenges in distributed systems focusing on performance and reliability.
  • Support multi-region production systems.
  • Lead cross-team projects and initiatives.
  • Troubleshoot critical production issues and contribute to continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • 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.
  • Employee Networks and volunteer opportunities for community building.
  • Vibrant office culture with world-class amenities.
Full Job Description

About the Role:

As our new Senior Engineer - Cloud, you’ll be part of the GDI (Getting Data In) group under NG-SIEM with a focus on data ingestion at petabyte-scale. The group focuses on the data ingestion and onboarding experience for NG-SIEM customers, ingesting several petabytes of data per day across multiple regions from 100+ 1st party and 3rd party data sources.

The Integrations Platform team within the GDI group is responsible for building the framework and platform for connectors development and running the connectors that ingest data from varieties of data sources. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented team that builds scalable framework, platform and pipelines that ingest data at scale with quality.

This role is hybrid, on-site at our NYC Office Location. Candidates should be comfortable visiting the office twice a week once the development center is established. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Work on building a platform that powers developing and running data connectors at scale with quality. 

  • Build generic data connectors such as file ingestion framework, websocket, Rest APIs that can process large amounts of data with low latency

  • Developer platform features like integrations certification, easy development, testing and deployment

  • Solve hard problems in distributed systems, including high availability, reliability, performance and cost optimizations

  • Develop platform / systems in Go & Python.

  • Support globally available, multi-region systems in production

  • Lead and participate in cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects

  • Work in a team of friendly, trustworthy and knowledgeable colleagues

  • Do best practices in software development; code review, automated tests, agile development, retrospective, incremental improvements and continuous deployment

  • Troubleshoot critical production issues

  • Participate in scoping, designing and developing of new features

  • Continuous improvement of internal tools and processes

  • Contribute to internal SDKs and connector runtime infrastructure to enable other developers to build and deploy integrations for new 3rd party data sources.

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.

  • 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining   complex software applications, products, systems, preferably in a SaaS delivery model, across all phases of the development lifecycle.

  • Hands on experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization

  • Fluency in at least one programming language, preferably in Go / Python.

  • Experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)

  • Can-do attitude, and you thrive when collaborating in a team and are not afraid of taking on responsibilities.

  • Demonstrated track record of operational excellence when operating services that span many components across several geographical regions.

  • Strong communication skills; working collaboratively and confidently with internal stakeholders.

Bonus Points:

  • Familiarity with Security Data Ingestion platforms, data ingestion architecture

  • Understanding of security platforms or tools like firewalls, IDS/IPS, EDR, and cloud security tools.

  • Hands-on experience in developing SIEM connectors or managing platform that runs connectors at scale 

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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 Certified™ 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 $140,000 - $215,000 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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