Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Ingestion

at CrowdStrike

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Ingestion
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $140,000 - $215,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud Platform, iOS, Kafka, Linux, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sunnyvale, United States

About the role

• Backend Software Engineer managing network communications event traffic for CrowdStrike. Working with distributed systems and collaborating closely with Falcon Sensor teams across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage all network communications event traffic between security cloud and customer resources
• Design proprietary Cloud Protocol(s)
• Collaborate closely with Falcon Sensor teams for each of the platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
• Build high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product
• Solve technical challenges related to distributed systems and performance optimization
• Work with technologies such as Golang, Kafka, and network protocols
• Scale backend systems effectively
• Troubleshoot and resolve service failures

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
• Over 7 years' experience in a full-time backend software development role
• Ample experience building high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product
• Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
• The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services
• The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
• Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture
• The ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment
• The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration
• Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
• Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
• Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering

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 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