Senior Software Engineer, Cloud/Backend

. Leveraging and building cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks at a global scale.

Posted 4/2/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

ApacheAWSCassandraCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaLinuxPythonRedisScalaUnix

Key responsibilities & impact

Leveraging and building cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks at a global scale.
Brainstorming, designing, and building collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
Mentoring and helping your fellow Crowdstrike engineers grow.
Delivering and accepting feedback with grace and courtesy.
Building elegant solutions for complex technical problems in Go.
Reading code in the multiple programming languages in use in our environment (Go, Python, Unix shell, among others).
Focusing on continual learning, raising the bar for both yourself and your teammates.
Leveraging our understanding of engineering best practices, including topics like appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure that our code is clean.
Being an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a team.

What you’ll need

A computer science background or equivalent experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, etc.)
8+ years of experience building and scaling back-end systems in production.
Team player skills – we embrace collaboration.
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
Understanding of Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch/Opensearch, and Redis/Valkey.
Prior experience with any of: Go, Scala, Python, Java, C#, or C++
Prior experience with cloud services, such as AWS, GCP, or OCI, particularly compute and storage offerings.
Prior experience with Apache Flink or other similar stream processing systems is a plus
Experience developing and deploying into Linux.
If you have some but not all of the qualifications, but bring a passion for cybersecurity, we’d like to talk.

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPythonUnix shellCassandraKafkaElasticsearchRedisAWSGCPLinux

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationfeedbackself-starterownershipaccountabilityteam playercommunicationproblem solvingcontinuous learning