Director of Engineering, CrowdStrike
Cloud Security Runtime Protection
+ Variable/incentive compensation + Equity
AI-native cybersecurity platform
Open for applications
AI-native cybersecurity platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Variable/incentive compensation + Equity
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
- Experience leading teams of senior and junior engineers
- Ability to code in languages such as C/C++ or equivalent
- Demonstrated track record of building a strong core engineering team and engineering team management
- Deep understanding of Linux and it’s internals
- Proven ability to build security products in Linux space
- Familiarity with eBPF
- 10+ years of software engineering experience in all phases of a software development lifecycle
- Broad grounding in all aspects of distributed systems development: understanding of distributed systems concepts
- Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
- Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering
- Experience working with remote teams and individuals while ensuring agility and code velocity
- Ability to communicate and articulate crisply at all levels from executive staff to engineers
Desirable
- Understanding of Kubernetes and its role in cloud computing
- Familiarity with cloud computing and deployment of software in the cloud
- Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments
- Machine learning and data science familiarity and hands on experience
- Exposure to/experience with cybersecurity and intelligence
What the job involves
- CrowdStrike is seeking a Director, Engineering for our Cloud Security Runtime Protection team
- This critical role in the organization will be responsible for leading the charge on building innovative solutions leveraging Crowdstrike’s world famous sensor, capture data from millions of sensors deployed in sensitive environments and enable sophisticated security detections across a wide variety of workloads
- You will be going deep into the internals of Kubernetes, containers, functions and a variety of modern assets in the world of cloud infrastructure
- You will help drive and deliver on the technical strategy and roadmap and will be responsible for mentoring the team
- CrowdStrike is growing rapidly and you will be instrumental in the hiring, retaining and growth of our world class engineers
- You will work cross functionally with your peers in the engineering organization as well as leaders in sales and product
- Your impact is not bounded and you will be enabled to engage and collaborate with various teams and ensure your product’s success
- We are a remote first company so you must bring your excellent verbal and written communication skills to bear when you are working with your engineering teams and cross functional teams across the globe
Application process
- Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:08-05-2024
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
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2018
$200m
SERIES E
Oct 2017
$25m
SERIES D
Total funding: $475.9m
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
- 401(k) Plan
Company values
- Automony
- Flexibility
- Trust
Company HQ
Heritage District, Sunnyvale, CA
Articles
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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