Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud - Policy Management (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike • Redmond, WA

2d • 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 Falcon platform products. It manages customer-configurable settings across the product line and distributes changes to a fleet of endpoints within minutes. The role involves designing and extending high-quality systems that scale reliably, collaborating with teams across the company, and helping drive architectural decisions, technical excellence, and innovation. Prior cybersecurity experience is not required; CrowdStrike provides mentoring and training in security topics. Candidates should be interested in CrowdStrike’s mission and responsive to product-team and customer needs.

This is a hybrid role requiring 2–3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations. The role may involve occasional travel for in-person meetings, approximately 1–3 times per year. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and work solely from U.S. soil. The candidate must periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint checks consistent with government customer requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident, working 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, including 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.
• Interest in CrowdStrike’s mission and willingness to engage with product-team and customer needs.
• Ability to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint checks consistent with government customer requirements.

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 driving technical strategy, building technology roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and supporting successful project delivery.
• Build and evolve cloud-based systems to manage and distribute configuration information to millions of endpoints.
• Collaborate with cloud, front-end, and endpoint developers, as well as other teams across the company.
• Design and build performant solutions to complex technical problems across the technology stack.
• Read and critique code and pull requests in languages used in the environment, including Go, Python, Unix shell, TypeScript, and C++, and provide technical guidance and feedback.
• Apply engineering best practices, including appropriate testing, peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns.
• Take ownership and accountability for individual and team deliverables.
• Give and receive feedback with grace and kindness.
• Help identify root causes of production outages and implement quality improvements to prevent future outages.
• Continue learning and help raise the technical bar for the team.
• Travel occasionally for in-person meetings, approximately 1–3 times per year.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Physical and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation and holidays.
• Paid parental and adoption leaves.
• Professional development opportunities for all employees, regardless of level or role.
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.
• Office culture with amenities.
• Bonuses, equity grants, health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

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