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Sr. Engineer Engineer – Cloud, Core API (Hybrid) at Crowdstrike · Trevo
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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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.
You’ll be joining the cloud backend team in the Platform product group responsible for APIGW (API Gateway team) and API’s. An API gateway is a very critical component which provides centralized handling of API communication between Multiple Microservices. API Gateway is responsible for tasks such as traffic management, authentication and authorization, monitoring and API versioning.
Bring your experience in distributed technologies and algorithms, your great API and systems design sensibilities, and your passion for writing code that performs at extreme scale. You will help build a platform that scales to millions of events per second and Terabytes of data per day. If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high scale, you’ve come to the right place.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.
Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products.
Leverage and build cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale.
Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.
Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend and data storage technologies and our system.
Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability.
Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
Use and give back to the open source community.
What You’ll Use:
Go (Golang)
Python
AWS
Kafka
GIT
Cassandra
ElasticSearch
Redis
Postgres
ZMQ
Hadoop
AWS Cloud
GraphQL
What You’ll Need:
Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
Deep understanding of 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.
Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Nice to have
Authored and led successful open source libraries and projects.
Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch...
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
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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 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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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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