Sr. Backend Software Engineer

​​#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:

Our Foundry Team is seeking a Senior Backend/Cloud Software Engineer, to help build out platform products which deliver no-code security application development, configuration and deployment at fingertips' reach.

Foundry a Low-Code/No-Code App-Building Product allowing users to design, configure and deploy custom security applications from the ground up with a series of clean, simple drop-down menus allowing selection of features ,runtime and more. Select from a variety of features, logic and workflows to design something 100% new, or pair existing applications with additional custom functionality offered by the Falcon Platform. This product is among our most popular modules with external users. More information about the Foundry platform’s capabilities can be found here: Foundry tech blog post

. The team has one of the most critical roles to play in ensuring our products are best-in-class in the industry. You will interact with product managers and other engineers in building both internal and external facing services.

What You'll Do:

• Design and build highly scalable and resilient distributed services and systems 

• 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 event-based platforms at scale (Note: We process over a trillion events per day)

• Passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability of distributed systems

• 6-10+ years of relevant work experience building backend software with a SaaS delivery model

• 4+ years of recent experience building an event-driven, microservices-oriented architecture

• Proficiency in any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Kotlin, Node.js

• 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

• Developing applications using SQL and No-SQL databases

Bonus Points:

• 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

• Prior experience building developer experience platforms

#LI-Remote

#LI-MC1

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countries

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

• Physical and mental wellness programs 

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Access to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and Jhanna

• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

• Birthday time-off in your local country

• Work with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globe