Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud - Policy Management (Hybrid)
About The Position
CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Engineer II for its Policy Management team. The team builds cloud-side software and user interfaces that provide configuration and settings information to the Falcon endpoint agent and other products across the Falcon platform. It manages customer-configurable settings for nearly every platform module and distributes changes to endpoint fleets within minutes. The role focuses on designing, building, and extending high-quality systems that scale reliably, and collaborating closely with teams across the company. As a technical leader, the engineer will help shape architectural decisions, technical strategy, technology roadmaps, and engineering practices; mentor team members; and support successful project delivery. The position is part of a collaborative, high-trust team that offers opportunities to learn, contribute to product and team direction, and manage work with flexibility. Prior cybersecurity industry experience is not required; CrowdStrike will provide security-topic mentoring and training. A strong interest in the company’s mission and willingness to engage with product-team and customer needs are expected. The role is hybrid and requires working on-site 2–3 days per week at one of the posted locations. Occasional travel for in-person meetings is expected, approximately 1–3 times per year. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and work solely from U.S. soil. The role may also require periodic additional background and fingerprint checks consistent with government customer requirements.
Requirements
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident; must work solely from U.S. soil.
- Computer science background or equivalent experience, including programming styles, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- At least 7 years of experience building and scaling complex, low-latency cloud-based back-end systems in production.
- Technical leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to mentor, influence, and guide engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
- Experience with some of the following or similar technologies: Golang, Python, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
- Prior experience with cloud services such as AWS or GCP, particularly compute and storage offerings.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.
- Experience developing and deploying into Linux containers.
- Both a sense of humor and a sense of humility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing configuration automation for large endpoint fleets, such as Microsoft Configuration Manager, JAMF Pro, or ChromeOS device management.
- Exposure to or experience with cybersecurity and intelligence.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for the Policy Management team, including setting technical strategy, building technology roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and ensuring successful project delivery.
- Build and evolve cloud-based systems that manage and distribute configuration information to millions of endpoints.
- Collaborate with cloud, front-end, endpoint, and other teams to design and build solutions.
- Develop elegant, performant solutions to complex technical problems across the technology stack.
- Review and critique code and pull requests across languages used in the environment, and provide technical guidance and feedback to team members.
- Continue learning and help raise the bar for engineering quality across the team.
- Apply engineering best practices, including appropriate testing, peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to maintain clean code and straightforward deployments.
- Take ownership and accountability for deliverables, individually and when leading a team.
- Give and receive feedback with grace and kindness.
- Help determine root causes of production outages and implement quality improvements to prevent future outages.
- Travel occasionally for in-person meetings, approximately 1–3 times per year.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.
- Competitive vacation and holidays.
- Paid parental and adoption leave.
- Professional development opportunities for all employees, regardless of level or role.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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