Technical Writing Intern, CrowdStrike
+ Equity awards
AI-native cybersecurity platform
Job no longer available
AI-native cybersecurity platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity awards
1001+ employees
Company mission
CrowdStrike is on a mission to stop breaches. Its purpose is to provide safety and security to some of the world’s largest, most influential companies and, by extension, the billions of people around the world who use their services.
Role
Who you are
- By the beginning of the internship, must have completed at least 2 years at a 4-year undergraduate university, with a projected graduation date between December 2025 and July 2027
- Programming experience, with the ability to understand complex systems and algorithms. Knowledge of Java, Scala, JavaScript, Perl, or Python will be advantageous
- Understanding of database technologies and principles, particularly in large-scale and distributed environments; exposure to SQL or GraphQL will be helpful
- Writing technology experience, including DocBook, DITA and XSLT
- A passion for automation and simplifying the translation of information from engineering code into documentation
- A portfolio of your work with at least two technical writing samples. Samples may be from university coursework and/or from past internships or other professional engagements
- An interest in learning about advanced concepts and tools relating to the field of technical writing
- Basic knowledge of machine learning techniques involving large learning models
- A strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently on assigned work
- A willingness to learn and understand complex systems, ask questions, and accept feedback and implement it into your work
Desirable
- Experience writing product documentation for a software product
- Experience in cybersecurity, such as through a university cybersecurity club or high school programs like CyberPatriot or the National Cyber League
- Have tinkered with coding
What the job involves
- As a Technical Writing Intern, you’ll be immersed in the wonderful world of product documentation at CrowdStrike
- You will play an integral role in transforming and structuring our content for multi-channel publishing that delivers the right content, to the right user, at the right time
- You will also own a small technical writing project, optimize content for reuse, make improvements to generative AI prompts, and learn about CrowdStrike's mission to stop breaches
- Gain experience with structured authoring through hands-on project work writing documentation within our information architecture
- Gain experience and understanding about a large-scale, distributed, multi-petabyte software solution
- Learn about the needs and requirements of a security-focused organization and their customers
- Help develop documentation (hosted at https://library.humio.com) that will grow your technical understanding and technical writing skills and help you develop a user-centered focus to your writing
- Become familiar with industry-standard technical writing tools and processes
- Study and understand a large-scale software development product using our Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), how the product and development works, and how to translate that information into documentation for end-users
- Help develop tools for automating the documentation process and improving the workflow of technical material into user-consumable information
- Develop an appreciation for style and process guides, and their role in driving consistency and scalability in content
- Learn how to read technical code and translate it to customer-focused needs and requirements
- Interact with developers, architects, and product management to build knowledge on technical operation of the product and how that impacts customers
- Receive mentoring from some of the most accomplished technical writers in the software industry
Our take
Since CrowdStrike was founded by a trio of former McAfee executives in 2011, it’s grown into a thousands-strong, NASDAQ-listed company. With customers including Verizon, Deloitte, and Goldman Sachs, it’s considered one of the world’s top enterprise cybersecurity vendors along with the likes of Cisco, IBM, and Palo Alto Networks.
One of the reasons behind CrowdStrike's continued success is its ability to keep pace with the evolving tech market, for instance with its Generative AI security analyst that leverages recent developments in AI. Although not immune to the slowdown of the global economy, the company's modular design has given it the upper hand, allowing clients to consolidate their security spend with CrowdStrike instead of selecting packages from multiple vendors at a higher overall cost.
With long-term demand for cybersecurity products growing, and its reputation as strong as ever, CrowdStrike shows no signs of slowing down. It has partnered with Ignition Technology to double down on its UK presence, and continues to be a voice in the wider market through its "Falcon Fund" investment vehicle and position as a founding member of NIST's Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC).
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2018
$200m
SERIES E
Oct 2017
$25m
SERIES D
Total funding: $484.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive Health Benefits
- Parental & Fertility Assistance
- Remote-first culture
- Health & Wellness Programs
- Professional Development
- Executive Coaching & Mentorship
- Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration
- Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
Company HQ
Heritage District, Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
George Kurtz
(President & CEO)Founded security software company Foundstone in 1999, operating as CEO until McAfee's $90m acquisition in 2004. Spent the next seven years at McAfee in a number of executive roles including SVP of Enterprise and CTO.
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