Senior Engineer, Cloud – Provisioning Platform

CrowdStrike

Backend Engineer handling cloud provisioning for CrowdStrike, enhancing customer lifecycle orchestration and product experience. Collaborating on automation for seamless customer onboarding processes.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables
Use and give back to the open source community

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges
Deep understanding of 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

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

backend engineeringcloud based systemsdata structuresalgorithmsdistributed systemsmulti-threadingconcurrencyparallel processingengineering best practicescontinuous integration

Soft Skills

team playerself-starterownershipaccountabilitycollaborationmentoringlearningcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

Degree in Computer Science