Senior Backend Engineer, CrowdStrike

Cloud

Salary not provided

+ Equity awards

AWS

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Node.js

Postgres

Cassandra

Overflow

Git

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote in Canada

AI-native cybersecurity platform

Be an early applicant

AI-native cybersecurity platform

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDeep TechSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Equity awards

AWS

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Node.js

Postgres

Cassandra

Overflow

Git

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote in Canada

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDeep TechSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This role is for an experienced senior backend microservices developer adept with cloud engineering principles
Your passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability will be key ingredients to your success here at CrowdStrike
Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js or Python (We use Go)
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges
Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
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 ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a broad pipeline of services
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

Desirable

Authored and led successful open source libraries and projects
Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch
Bring your experience in distributed technologies and algorithms, your great API and systems design sensibilities, and your passion for writing code that performs at extreme scale. You will help build a platform that scales to millions of events per second and Terabytes of data per day. If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high scale, you’ve come to the right place

What the job involves

We’re looking for backend software engineers to build new platform backend capabilities to enable product launches and to handle massive growth in traffic as we continue to experience dramatic growth in the usage of our products
Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products
Design, develop, document, test, deploy, operate and enhance large-scale, resilient and fault-tolerant services
Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables
Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
Troubleshoot critical production issues during on-call rotations and implement solutions
Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations
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

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

Top investors

20% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Jun 2018

$200m

SERIES E

Oct 2017

$25m

SERIES D

Total funding: $480m

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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