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Engineer III - Backend Automation & Development (Remote)

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CrowdStrike

Engineer III - Backend Automation & Development (Remote)

Remote

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing over 1 trillion events a day with a petabyte of RAM deployed in our Cassandra clusters - and this traffic is growing daily. We're looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to developing and shaping our cybersecurity platform. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

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About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for a talented Backend Engineer to join our growing Production Systems Automation & Development team. As a backend engineer, you will be focused on the creation and refinement of software to enhance the automations that deploy and manage CrowdStrike's cloud-based infrastructure. This candidate will play a key role in architecting and implementing a stable, scalable and flexible production environment. One focus of this position will be to ensure that the team delivers code that is tuned for the scalability and survivability necessary in CrowdStrike's expanding cloud ecosystem.

What You'll Do:
  • Be an energetic self-starter with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
  • Work with internal peers and business partners to analyze requirements and craft elegant, robust, and reliable solutions to solve challenging technical problems. From concept to completion, our engineers are involved in every step!
  • Collaborate with other engineers to review code and to share best practices. Help raise the technical IQ of the team by being passionate about learning, and sharing the newest technologies, trends and practices with others.
  • Take an active role to own your personal workload and tasks. You are empowered to set the pace and tell us what can be delivered (and when).
  • Be vigilant about streamlining and simplifying both development and business processes to ensure minimal friction throughout our solutions.
  • Represent the development team as a technical leader both vertically and horizontally across workgroups.
What You'll Need:
  • 6-8 years experience working within a large-scale production environment and developing/troubleshooting applications across functional teams.
  • Significant professional experience utilizing Go (Golang), Java, C# or C++ to build services and applications for automation, tooling, dashboards, alarms.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A proactive, can-do attitude that excels at both working independently and collaborating as part of a team.
  • Demonstrated passion for learning new systems and methodologies combined with advanced troubleshooting skills and solid quality control habits.
  • Attention to detail and the ability to make good, timely decisions.
  • Proven success analyzing and optimizing backend technical performance.
  • Talent developing and integrating APIs using REST or GraphQL in SOA or microservices architecture.
  • Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and with creating and leveraging automated unit/acceptance tests.
  • Experience using container orchestration systems such as Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Experience designing schemas and improving SQL queries for an RDBMS such as Postgres, SQL Server, or MySQL.
  • A passion for documentation and a desire to constantly improve knowledge transfer across teams.
  • Fluency with debugging toolsets and leveraging log/event management tools such as Falcon LogScale (formerly Humio) or Splunk.
Bonus Points:
  • Experience working with large-scale bare-metal hardware in a data center environment.
  • Understanding of common network management protocols and APIs such as SNMP, RCMP+, or RedFish.
  • Familiar with monitoring tools such as Grafana and Alertmanager.
  • Experience implementing tracing and metrics within systems using OpenTracing and Prometheus.
  • Familiarity designing authentication/authorization or automated auditing solutions.­­
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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
  • Remote-first culture
  • Market leader in compensation and equity awards
  • Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
  • Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits
  • Physical and mental wellness programs
  • Paid parental leave, including adoption
  • A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities
  • Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration
CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If 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 recruiting@crowdstrike.com for further assistance.

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Job ID: CrowdStrike-R19836
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns