Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud Detection Engine (Hybrid)
About The Position
CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting modern organizations with an AI-native platform. The Cloud Detection Engine (CDE) team is developing a next-generation platform to empower security teams by enabling the creation and management of advanced, unified detections and content across multiple Falcon products. This platform is a strategic imperative, providing a competitive advantage for unparalleled detection and response capabilities. The team builds real-time data systems for CrowdStrike's detection pipeline, owning the streaming engine that processes sensor telemetry and maintains a petabyte-scale graph of system activity, as well as the distributed correlation engine that evaluates trillions of events daily to identify multi-stage attacks. This role involves working with systems programming, custom query languages, graph databases, state machines, and performance optimization where microseconds matter. The team ships fast, uses modern tooling including AI in their development workflow, and owns the entire process from design to production. This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science (or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
- Understanding scalability and distributed systems i.e. sharding, partitioning, concurrency, etc
- Being a team player
- A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
- 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.
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Contributions to the open-source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
- Existing exposure to Go or C++, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch...
- Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence field
- Experience in thinking about, designing, or implementing programming languages and/or compilers
- Interesting hobbies
Responsibilities
- Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products
- Leverage and build cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale
- Brainstorm, define and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
- Champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team
- Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend, and data storage technologies and our system
- Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability
- Own your work in a high trust environment
Benefits
- Market leader in 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
- Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
- health insurance
- 401k
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
