Backend Engineer III, Global Serverless Platform

CrowdStrike

Backend Engineer III developing for CrowdStrike’s Global Serverless Platform, focusing on enhancing scalability and system automation. Collaborating on technical solutions and leading project delivery for distributed systems.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $120,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work in a team of friendly, trustworthy and knowledgeable colleagues
Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
Participate in scoping, designing and developing of new features and lead delivery of solutions to open-ended problems
Contribute to moving the scalability of our LogScale engine to the next level
Develop the control plane in Golang and extending the control plane capabilities to keep the scale with increasing scale of the platform while ensuring high availability
Communicate technical decisions through design documents, technical talks and improving our internal documentation.
Provide technical advice on decisions, and research and propose new technologies
Collaborate within the team on delivery of new solutions and support team members through code reviews, pairing, documentation, design reviews and technical guidance
Monitor and followup on features released in our production environments
Troubleshoot critical production issues

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be a U.S. Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
A passion for or personal interest in distributed systems and curiosity of how our running systems are doing
Experience in software development in general and the ability to juggle making pragmatic tradeoffs between short-time delivery needs vs long-term product goals
Experience in contributing to broad technical leadership in products or services
Fluency in both functional and object oriented programming and the ability to pick up new languages on the go
A can-do attitude, and that you thrive collaborating in a team and are not afraid of taking on responsibilities

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

Golangdistributed systemssoftware developmenttechnical leadershipfunctional programmingobject-oriented programmingscalabilityhigh availabilitycode reviewstroubleshooting

Soft Skills

team collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingresponsibilitycuriositypragmatic tradeoffscan-do attitudetechnical guidancedesign documentationsupporting team members