Software Engineering Manager-Continuous Identity

CrowdStrike • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the SGNL backend engineering team within its Continuous Identity product group. SGNL is part of CrowdStrike's Continuous Identity control plane, delivering real-time identity security for human, non-human, and AI identities across hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. It uses just-in-time access and continuous authorization to replace standing permissions, and translates threat signals into enforcement actions such as step-up authentication, session revocation, and blocking lateral movement.

The manager will lead the development of high-throughput pipelines that unify identity security across endpoints, SaaS platforms, browsers, and cloud resources, processing millions of events per second. This is a player-coach role focused primarily on leading and growing the team, while contributing code and prototyping solutions as needed. The position is hybrid, requiring 2–3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

The role calls for leadership in team performance and technical execution, architecture for scalable, low-latency systems, operational excellence, and collaboration across product and engineering. The manager will spend approximately 20–30% of their time prototyping, coding, and unblocking the team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years leading backend cloud engineering teams.
• Hands-on coding ability in Go, Python, or Java; Go is preferred.
• Proven success building and scaling cloud-native microservices and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with REST/gRPC, databases, Kubernetes, and event streaming (Kafka).
• Experience operating production services in cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, OCI, or Azure, and participating in on-call and incident response.
• Strong people leadership, hiring, and mentoring skills.
• Agile/Scrum delivery management skills.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Background in cybersecurity, Zero Trust, ITDR, PAM, identity protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML), or identity-based threat mitigations.
• Experience with the Shared Signals Framework (CAEP/RISC) or non-human/machine identities.
• Familiarity with graph databases such as Neo4j, stream processing such as Kafka/Flink, or ML-based behavioral analytics.
• Track record of building engineering teams and culture and leading major system migrations or integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and hire a high-performing backend engineering team; manage capacity, performance, and career development.
• Drive day-to-day technical execution, unblock the team, and maintain alignment with product goals while guiding hands-on engineering efforts.
• Make architectural decisions for scalable, low-latency distributed systems and spend approximately 20–30% of time prototyping, coding, and unblocking the team.
• Lead architecture and design reviews to ensure systems are robust, scalable, and maintainable.
• Establish engineering best practices, including CI/CD, code reviews, and testing.
• Manage service reliability, service-level objectives (SLOs), and incident response.
• Track engineering metrics to foster continuous improvement and team performance.
• Drive cross-functional planning and roadmapping aligned with business goals and product strategy.
• Partner with product management and peer engineering teams, including Falcon Identity Protection, Next-Gen SIEM, and Privileged Access, to align delivery and ecosystem integration.
• Build and scale high-throughput identity-security pipelines across endpoints, SaaS platforms, browsers, and cloud resources.
• Ensure operational excellence, high service availability, and quick incident resolution for critical identity services.
• Foster a collaborative culture of ownership, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
• Attract, mentor, and retain engineering talent.

Benefits

• Market-leading 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.
• Health insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off.
• Eligibility for bonuses and equity grants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed