Senior Engineer, Backend – Channel File Systems
CrowdStrike
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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About the role
- CrowdStrike 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
- As part of the team, you will have a hand in designing our proprietary Cloud Protocol and work 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
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
- The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
- The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services
- The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
- 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 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
- Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
- Experience with shipping high quality software in a cloud environments
- Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- 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
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend software engineeringdistributed systemsnetwork protocolsperformance optimizationmulti-tenant architectureshardingpartitioningmulti-threadingconcurrencyparallel processing
Soft Skills
details-oriented mindsetperformance focusteam playercollaborationtroubleshootingengineering best practicestime managementhigh quality software productionbrainstorminginterpersonal communication
Certifications
Degree in Computer Science