Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud Detection Engine (Hybrid)

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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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.

The  CrowdStrike Cloud Detection Engine (CDE) team is building a powerful, next-generation platform designed to be a force multiplier for security teams. Our platform empowers customers who leverage multiple Falcon products to create and manage advanced, unified detections and content. This core platform capability is a strategic imperative for CrowdStrike, aiming to provide a competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate, ensuring our customers have unparalleled detection and response capabilities across the entire Falcon ecosystem.

We build the real-time data systems behind CrowdStrike's detection pipeline. Our team owns the streaming engine that processes all first-party sensor telemetry and maintains a petabyte-scale graph of real-time system activity, and the distributed correlation  engine that evaluates trillions of events a day to catch multi-stage attacks that no single event can surface. Both systems are at the core of how CrowdStrike finds adversaries.

We're looking for someone who is excited about working in systems programming: custom query languages, graph databases, state machines, performance work where microseconds matter. We ship fast, we build with modern tooling including AI in our dev workflow, and own everything end to end from design to production

This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at the posted location.

About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Engineer II to  join the CDE Platform team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and scaling the foundational services that orchestrate data, content, and execution logic across CrowdStrike’s products (e.g., NGSIEM, FCS, Endpoint). You will be a key driver in creating a highly performant, scalable, and resilient platform that processes internet-scale data streams and enables real-time detection generation.

What You'll Do:

• Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products
• Leverage and build cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale
• Brainstorm, define and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
• Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team
• 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
• Be given the autonomy to own your work in a high trust environment

The technology stack you’ll use will include:

• Go (Golang) or C++
• AWS/GCP/Azure/Kubernetes
• Kafka
• GIT
• Cassandra
• Docker
• Redis

What You'll Need:

• Degree in Computer Science (or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
• Understanding scalability and distributed systems i.e. sharding, partitioning, concurrency, etc
• Being a team player
• 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 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.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Contributions to the open-source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
• Existing exposure to Go or C++, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch...
• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence field
• Experience in thinking about, designing, or implementing programming languages and/or compilers
• Interesting hobbies

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs 

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge  

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike 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.

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