Backend Cloud Engineer III - TDIR (Remote)
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 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:
Are you passionate about building highly scalable microservices? Do you get excited about knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving? Are you driven to create secure, reliable systems that help protect organizations from cyber threats? We would love to hear from you.
We're looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) team. This team is responsible for building critical components of the Next-gen SIEM product. You'll be working with a team of dedicated engineers to develop and scale microservices that enable security analysts to be more effective at incident management, threat hunting, and response.
What You'll Do:
- Develop Go-based microservices to support new and existing features which help detect cyber attacks, as well as RESTful APIs to support customer-focused workflows.
- Take end-to-end ownership, both individually, and as part of a team, for delivery of projects of increasing complexity.
- Work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers across product groups to understand, design, and implement solutions.
- Mentor junior engineers on the team via pair programming, code reviews, and one-on-one knowledge sharing.
- Challenge the status quo by continuously re-evaluating our features, infrastructure, and services for areas where we can improve architecture, user experience, performance, latency, or stability.
- Relentlessly pursue quality by following engineering best practices including: Appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, monitoring, and resilient architecture patterns.
- Utilize Kafka for event-driven workflows, Redis for distributed caching, and Cassandra, ElasticSearch, or PostgreSQL for data storage.
- Provide monitoring and operational & customer support for production services owned by our team.
- Computer science degree or commensurate experience.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, RESTful patterns, and multithreading concepts; knowledge of software development best practices and willingness to learn more.
- Proficiency building and scaling services in production using Go, Python, Java, or C#.
- Track record of leading projects and delivery on schedule.
- Passion for customer success and guides decisions with the end user in mind.
- Effective communication across functions and levels throughout the company.
- Initiative to pick up and fix issues as you find them, without waiting to be assigned.
- Currently developing Go-based web services for scalable microservices architectures.
- Familiarity with AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Redis, Grafana.
- Experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience working in cybersecurity or intelligence fields.
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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 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
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- FSA
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Company Equity
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
Diversity and Inclusion