Senior Engineer – Cloud SDET

CrowdStrike

Senior Software Developer in Test at CrowdStrike validating cloud services and Falcon Sensor interactions. Building test tooling and frameworks in a collaborative and flexible environment.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetesLinuxPythonRedisScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end validation of Lightning services across cloud-side and Falcon Sensor interactions, spanning component, integration, and application levels, while continuously improving test and validation processes
Build and own Lightning-specific test tooling and frameworks, while leveraging and contributing to shared organization-wide testing tools and infrastructure
Define and drive testing strategies across functional, performance, contract, and chaos testing concerns
Participate in technical design reviews and provide clear guidance on testability, quality, and code hygiene
Participate in code reviews with a focus on quality, serving as the team's SME for code hygiene
Contribute to service operations, including improving overall service observability and monitoring, root cause analysis of production issues, and implementing quality improvements to prevent future outages

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience as an SDET or Backend Developer (combined)
2-3+ years building testing frameworks and tooling for a Cloud SaaS product
Strong debugging skills: ability to spot design flaws, race conditions and performance bottlenecks in complex architectures.
A computer science background or equivalent experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, etc.)
Expertise in any of: Golang, Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala
Strong experience in a cloud distributed systems stack: i.e. Kubernetes, Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, Elastic Search, and/or similar technologies.
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
Prior experience with cloud services, such as AWS or Azure, particularly compute and storage offerings.
Team player skills – we embrace collaboration.
Experience developing and deploying into Linux.
Both a sense of humor and a sense of humility.

Benefits

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

SDETBackend Developertesting frameworksdebuggingGolangPythonJavaKotlinScalacloud distributed systems

Soft Skills

team playercollaborationsense of humorhumility