Engineer 3, Sensor - SSP (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike•Redmond, WA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike’s Sensor Security Platform (SSP) team is hiring an engineer to work on foundational detection and response functions for the Falcon sensor. SSP focuses on sensor-oriented technology implemented entirely or primarily on the Falcon endpoint agent, security capabilities that directly support CrowdStrike’s mission of stopping breaches, and reusable platform technology that underpins multiple products, modules, and security use cases. The team’s areas include Sensor Classifications, Sensor Detection Pipelines and Templates, Sensor Security Posture and Response, Endpoint User Security, and Sensor Anti-tampering. The engineer will work across and take ownership of multiple SSP domains and technologies. This hybrid position requires working on-site 2–3 days per week at one of the posted locations. The role involves maintaining and improving complex sensor capabilities, collaborating across distributed teams, and writing and testing code in multiple languages, including an internally developed asynchronous domain-specific language. The work is primarily in that in-house language, though system programming experience on macOS, Linux, or Windows is helpful. C++ is also used, but this is not primarily a C++ position.

Requirements

Take responsibility for and ownership of assigned work.
Design and implement performant, functionally correct, and well-structured logic.
Understand, maintain, and improve a large existing codebase.
Reason about and communicate complex, highly concurrent systems.
Reason about interactions between the endpoint and cloud, and communicate with cloud development teams on design and troubleshooting.
Ability to read and write C++.
Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team across time zones, continents, and areas of expertise.
Proven experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Fluency and expertise in Linux development environments.
Fluency in writing Python.
Background in endpoint security.
Experience designing or writing virtual machine runtimes.
System programming experience on macOS, Linux, or Windows.

Responsibilities

Understand, modify, and share ownership of complex and critical sensor detection and response capabilities.
Develop expertise in Falcon sensor core logic and serve as a resource for CrowdStrike developers who use or build on the team’s technologies.
Communicate system design, constraints, guarantees, and other technical aspects.
Collaborate with engineering teams, adversary response teams, malware researchers, product and program managers, and other colleagues.
Write code in a variety of languages, including an internally developed, highly asynchronous domain-specific language.
Write unit, functional, and integration tests.
Diagnose and resolve issues reported by customers or other engineering teams.

Benefits

Market-leading compensation and equity awards.
Physical and mental wellness programs.
Competitive vacation and holidays.
Paid parental and adoption leave.
Professional development opportunities for employees at all levels and in all roles.
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.
Office culture with world-class amenities.
Health insurance.
401(k).
Paid time off.
Eligibility for bonuses and equity grants.