About the Role:
Our Fusion product is seeking a Senior-to-Principal (Level 7) backend software Engineer to build out a platform product which provides core orchestration and workflow capabilities to all users of Crowdstrike’s Flagship offering, the Falcon Platform, while also offering plug-and-play access to the building block components of the lion's share of our codebase, as well as key feature components among our partner products.
Fusion – a core ‘tier one’ offering in our Flagship Platform, Falcon – is used by customers to automate 80% of breach remediation actions with the Falcon Platform. It also serves as a runtime engine of Foundry, a sibling product which gives the Falcon Platform users access to our whole suite of components as well as exposed APIs for a plethora of our security partners to instantly create custom-purpose 'Frankenstein' security apps by configuring selections in just a handful of dropdown menus. Fusion is among the most heavily used products in Crowdstrike's Falcon product suite. Presently, we're integrating Fusion with agentic workflow development to push our Next gen SIEM functionality into the agentic AI-integrated future.
This role is for an experienced backend microservices developer adept with cloud engineering principles, user-facing feature design and development ('or' Fine Grained Auth Expertise), and experience with plenty of custom API development as well as high-scale events processing on a msg queue like Kafka. Your passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability will be key ingredients to your success here at CrowdStrike.
*Be advised, this role is a hybrid work setup involving 2-3 days in-office at our Sunnyvale, CA location.
What You'll Do:
- Build highly fault tolerant Golang microservices to add features and functionality to our Fusion product and its supporting ecosystem
- Support ultra-high volume Kafka event pipelines managing our customer workflows
- Work with industry-leading technologies like Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis and more
- Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
- Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement solutions
What You'll Need:
- Experienced building streaming platforms at scale (Note: We process over a trillion events per day)
- At least 7 years (avg. YoE is 10-16 Yrs) of overall applicable experience in a technical role
- 5+ years of recent experience building an event-driven, microservices-oriented architecture
- Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js or Python
- Proven expertise in building distributed systems, micro services, REST APIs
- Production experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience using both SQL and No-SQL databases
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Bonus Points:
- Knowledge of Knative or similar open source serverless infra-building framework(s)
- Contributed to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
- Master’s degree in computer science or related field
- Golang experience
- Prior experience with cybersecurity
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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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