Sr. Backend Engineer (Remote, CAN) - Military veterans preferred

2025-05-03
CrowdStrike, Inc.
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Remote
Oregon
97458
United States

CrowdStrike, Inc.

Full time

R22680

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. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C* servers - 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 also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. 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.


About the Role:
We are CrowdStrike's data platform team. We build large scalable tier-1 distributed systems and highly available APIs. The shareable and reusable platform services support the needs of all CrowdStrike products such as Cloud Security, Next-Gen SIEM, Identity Protection, Endpoint Security and Charlotte AI.
We’re looking for backend software engineers to build new platform backend capabilities to enable product launches and to handle massive growth in traffic as we continue to experience dramatic growth in the usage of our products.
This role is for an experienced senior backend microservices developer adept with cloud engineering principles. Your passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability will be key ingredients to your success here at CrowdStrike.
What You’ll Do:
  • Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products.

  • Design, develop, document, test, deploy, operate and enhance large-scale, resilient and fault-tolerant services.

  • Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.

  • Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects.

  • Troubleshoot critical production issues during on-call rotations and implement solutions.

  • Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations.

  • 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.


  • What You’ll Use:
  • Go (Golang)

  • Java8

  • Python

  • git

  • Cassandra

  • Kafka

  • OpenSearch

  • Postgres

  • Redis

  • AWS Cloud


  • What You’ll Need:
  • Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).

  • Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js or Python (We use Go)

  • 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.

  • 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 ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a broad pipeline of services.

  • 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.


  • Bonus Points:
  • 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, OpenSearch.

  • 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.


  • A propos du rle:

    Nous sommes l'quipe de la plateforme de donnes de CrowdStrike. Nous construisons des systmes distribus de niveau 1 hautement volutifs et des API hautement disponibles. Les services de plateforme partageables et rutilisables rpondent aux besoins de tous les produits CrowdStrike tels que la Scurit Cloud, Next-Gen SIEM , la Protection des Identits, la Scurit des postes de travail et Charlotte AI.


    Nous recherchons des ingnieurs logiciels backend pour dvelopper de nouvelles capacits de plateforme backend afin de permettre le lancement de produits et de grer la croissance massive du trafic alors que nous continuons connatre une croissance spectaculaire dans l'utilisation de nos produits.


    Ce poste s'adresse un dveloppeur senior expriment en microservices backend, matrisant les principes d'ingnierie cloud. Votre passion et votre attention mticuleuse la performance, la fiabilit et l'volutivit seront des lments cls de votre russite chez CrowdStrike.


    Ce que vous aurez faire :

    - Diriger les efforts d'ingnierie backend, des prototypes rapides aux applications grande chelle pour les produits CrowdStrike.


    - Concevoir, dvelopper, documenter, tester, dployer, exploiter et amliorer des services grande chelle, rsilients et tolrants aux pannes.


    - Prendre en charge et tre responsable des livrables.


    - Travailler sur des initiatives et des projets transversaux au niveau de la plateforme.


    - Rsoudre les problmes critiques de production lorsque vous tes sur appels et mettre en uvre des solutions.


    - Savoir prioriser et trier les problmes systme, dboguer en analysant les sources des problmes et leur impact sur les oprations de service.


    - tre mentor et mentorer d'autres dveloppeurs sur les technologies web, backend et de stockage de donnes ainsi que sur notre systme.


    - Rvaluer constamment notre produit pour amliorer l'architecture, les modles de connaissances, l'exprience utilisateur, la performance et la stabilit.


    Les outils que vous serez appel utiliser :


  • Go (Golang)

  • Java8

  • Python

  • Git

  • Cassandra

  • Kafka

  • OpenSearch

  • Postgres

  • Redis

  • AWS Cloud


  • Qualification ncessaire :

    - Diplme en Informatique (ou exprience quivalente en structures de donnes/algorithmes/systmes distribus).


    - Connaissance experte de l'un des langages backend suivants : Go, Scala, Java, Node.js ou Python (Nous utilisons Go).


    - Capacit mettre l'chelle des systmes backend – le sharding, le partitionnement et la mise l'chelle horizontale sont pour vous une seconde nature.


    - Dsir de dployer du code et passion de voir votre code fonctionner en production.


    - Comprhension approfondie des systmes distribus et des dfis de scalabilit.


    - Esprit d'quipe – nous privilgions la collaboration en quipe autant que possible.


    - Comprhension approfondie des meilleures pratiques d'ingnierie, des paradigmes de test appropris aux revues de code efficaces et l'architecture rsiliente.


    - Capacit s'panouir dans un environnement de programmation rapide, pilot par les tests, collaboratif et itratif.


    - Capacit dpanner et identifier les dfaillances systme dans un large pipeline de services.


    - Comptences respecter vos engagements dans les dlais et produire des logiciels de haute qualit, tests unitairement, rviss par les pairs et intgrs rgulirement pour l'intgration continue.


    Points Bonis:

    - Avoir cr et dirig des projets et/ou bibliothques open source russis.


    - Contributions la communaut open source (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).


    - Exprience pralable avec Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch.


    - Apportez votre exprience en technologies et algorithmes distribus, votre excellente sensibilit la conception d'API et de systmes, et votre passion pour l'criture de code performant trs grande chelle.


    Vous aiderez construire une plateforme qui s'adapte des millions d'vnements par seconde et des traoctets de donnes par jour. Si vous recherchez un emploi qui fait la diffrence dans le monde et fonctionne grande chelle, vous tes au bon endroit.


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    Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

    • Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

    • 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 Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections

    • Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

    • Great Place to Work Certifiedâ„¢ 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.

    CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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