{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1f4a7d4f9978b38c7f715570","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1f4a7d4f9978b38c7f715570","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1f4a7d4f9978b38c7f715570","title":"Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - Ingestion (Remote)","description":"As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.\nAbout the Role:\nOur Ingestion group at CrowdStrike manages all network communications event traffic between our security cloud and customer resources. This means ultra-high volume services (all written in Golang) supported by Kafka, and plenty of work with network connections and protocols (etc. - negotiating TLS, balancing network connections, managing virtual sessions, distributing dynamic content, managing datastreams, and so on).\nCrowdStrike is seeking a backend software engineer who wants to grow at scale, is comfortable with being technically stretched, and would like to positively impact our mission to stop breaches. Your experience working with large-scale distributed systems will be applied across a range of services.\nWhat You'll Do:\nAs a Major Initiative Lead you will have high autonomy with high expectations, often serving as a guiding hand in designing things like proprietary Cloud Protocol(s), and working closely with Falcon Sensor teams for each of the platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android). Your details-oriented mindset and performance focus will allow CrowdStrike to scale into the future. Solid experience with large-scale distributed systems, network protocols, performance optimization, open source tools and libraries and multi-tenant architecture is highly desirable but not required.\nIf you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high-scale, you’ve come to the right place.\nWhat You'll Need:\nDegree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).\nOver 7 years' experience in a full-time backend software development role\nAmple experience building high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product\nSolid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)\nThe ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.\nThe ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services.\nThe desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.\nDeep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.\nTeam player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible\nA thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.\nThe ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.\nThe 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.\nAbility to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.\nSolid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance\nStrong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering\nBonus Points:\nIndustry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers\nAuthored and lead successful open source libraries and projects\nContributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)\nExisting exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch…\nPrior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields\n#LI-JC1\n#LI-OC1\n#LI-Remote\n#HTF\nThis role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.\nBenefits of Working at CrowdStrike:\nMarket leader in compensation and equity awards\nComprehensive physical and mental wellness programs\nCompetitive vacation and holidays for recharge\nPaid parental and adoption leaves\nProfessional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role\nEmployee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections\nVibrant office culture with world class amenities\nGreat Place to Work Certified™ across the globe\n\nCrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.\nCrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions-including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs-on valid job requirements.\nIf you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at\nrecruiting@crowdstrike.com\nfor further assistance.\nFind out more about your rights as an applicant.\nCrowdStrike participates in the E-Verify program.\nNotice of E-Verify Participation\nRight to Work\nCrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. 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Solid experience with large-scale distributed systems, network protocols, performance optimization, open source tools and libraries and multi-tenant architecture is highly desirable but not required.\nIf you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high-scale, you’ve come to the right place.\nWhat You'll Need:\nDegree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).\nOver 7 years' experience in a full-time backend software development role\nAmple experience building high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product\nSolid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)\nThe ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.\nThe ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services.\nThe desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.\nDeep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.\nTeam player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible\nA thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.\nThe ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.\nThe 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.\nAbility to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.\nSolid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance\nStrong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering\nBonus Points:\nIndustry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers\nAuthored and lead successful open source libraries and projects\nContributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)\nExisting exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch…\nPrior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields\n#LI-JC1\n#LI-OC1\n#LI-Remote\n#HTF\nThis role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.\nBenefits of Working at CrowdStrike:\nMarket leader in compensation and equity awards\nComprehensive physical and mental wellness programs\nCompetitive vacation and holidays for recharge\nPaid parental and adoption leaves\nProfessional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role\nEmployee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections\nVibrant office culture with world class amenities\nGreat Place to Work Certified™ across the globe\n\nCrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.\nCrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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