Sr Software Engineer, Cloud - Fusion (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

CrowdStrike•Sunnyvale, CA

3d•$140,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike is hiring an experienced backend software engineer for its Fusion product, a core offering in the Falcon Platform. Fusion provides orchestration and workflow capabilities, plug-and-play access to platform components and partner-product features, and helps customers automate breach-remediation actions. It also serves as the runtime engine for Foundry, which enables users and security partners to create custom applications through configurable components and exposed APIs. The team is integrating Fusion with agentic workflow development to advance the next-generation SIEM experience. The role focuses on developing cloud-based backend microservices and user-facing features, supporting high-volume Kafka event processing, and building reliable, scalable distributed systems. The successful candidate will bring experience in cloud engineering, API development, databases, and performance and reliability, and will contribute to platform initiatives and production support. This is a hybrid role involving 2–3 days in the Sunnyvale, California office.

Requirements

At least 7 years of overall applicable experience in a technical role.
At least 5 years of recent experience building event-driven, microservices-oriented architectures.
Experience building streaming platforms at scale.
Expert knowledge of at least one backend language: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js, or Python.
Proven expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and REST APIs.
Production experience with commercial cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience using both SQL and NoSQL databases.
Experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Knative or similar open-source serverless infrastructure frameworks.
Contributions to the open-source community, such as through GitHub, Stack Overflow, or blogging.
Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Golang experience.
Prior cybersecurity experience.

Responsibilities

Build highly fault-tolerant Golang microservices to add features and functionality to Fusion and its supporting ecosystem.
Support ultra-high-volume Kafka event pipelines that manage customer workflows.
Work with technologies including Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
Work on cross-team, platform-level initiatives and projects.
Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement solutions.