Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud Detection Engine (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike•New York, NY

1d•$160,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting modern organizations with an AI-native platform. The company processes trillions of events daily and is driven by a mission to stop breaches. CrowdStrikers are encouraged to drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy, contributing to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. 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 for CrowdStrike, aiming to provide a competitive advantage and unparalleled detection and response capabilities. The team builds real-time data systems for CrowdStrike's detection pipeline, including a streaming engine that processes sensor telemetry and a distributed correlation engine that evaluates trillions of events daily to identify multi-stage attacks. The 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 projects end-to-end. This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at the posted location.

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
Obsess about learning, and 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
Be given the autonomy to 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