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 an inclusive 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 growing our cloud/backend team in the Platform product group responsible for resource provisioning, authentication and authorization. This Core Platform team is responsible for automated provisioning of product resources for customer use, as well as both internal (e.g. Service-to-service authorization, etc.) and external (e.g. user login, etc) authN and authZ. The team is a critical part of cloud, frequently working collaboratively with many other product groups. The team builds and extends services that are capable of making millions of decisions per second! The latest benchmark for us is approx. 19 Million TPS (Yes, you read that correctly!)
The primary thing to understand about working in Core Platform at Crowdstrike is that we work ‘at scale’ in a heavily event-driven stack. Kafka (or Kinesis, RedPanda, etc) and NoSQL DBs like Cassandra (or equivalent) should be tools with which you’re confident if you hope to hit the ground running. It is also very valuable to be practiced in production with Golang, our primary language, though comparable experience building backend services/apis for a SaaS product in Java, Python (etc.) could be translatable expertise as well.
By and large, there are few places where you could contribute in our backend stack that are more impactful than Provisioning & Auth – we are tier zero services for the whole product suite! 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!
What You’ll Do:
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Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products.
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Leverage and build cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale.
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Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
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Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.
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Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend and data storage technologies and our system.
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Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability.
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Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
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Use and give back to the open source community.
What You’ll Need:
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(Ideally) 4-12 years' experience in a relevant role, with at least 3 recent years building backend services/APIs for a Cloud SaaS product.
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Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
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The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.
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The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.
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Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
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Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.
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Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible.
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A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
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The ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
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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:
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Authored and led successful open source libraries and projects.
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Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
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Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch...
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Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
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Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
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Market leader in compensation and equity awards
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Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
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Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
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Paid parental and adoption leaves
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Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
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Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections
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Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
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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.
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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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $110,000 - $180,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location.
Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:04-05-2025
