Senior Software Engineer – Risk Platform
CrowdStrike
AWSAzureCassandraCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaMicroservicesPython+3 more
Senior Software Engineer II – Risk Platform Team
CrowdStrike
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$175,000 - CA$250,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaMicroservicesNoSQLPythonRDBMSRedisSQL
About the role
- As a technical leader, you'll drive end-to-end product delivery, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities and scope
- Design and develop scalable backend services powering both internal and customer-facing web applications, focusing on performance, reliability, and security
- Collaborate with the DevOps team to design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability
- Design and implement database solutions using RDBMS/SQL, NoSQL databases, and distributed caching solutions like Redis, ensuring data consistency, integrity, and performance
- Troubleshoot complex distributed architectures, identifying and resolving performance and reliability issues
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including UX/UI, Sensors, and other teams, to deliver integrated solutions with comprehensive documentation
- Configure advanced monitoring, alerting, and maintain high availability for production services, ensuring robust and healthy service operations
- Take ownership of your work and projects, ensuring high-quality and scalable deliverables
Requirements
- 13+ years of production experience building, delivering, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems processing high-volume data
- Advanced programming expertise in object-oriented languages with strong typing (Golang, Python, or similar)
- Proven microservices experience with designing scalable REST APIs and distributed communication patterns
- Past experience(s) with building data platforms at scale that includes distributed ETLs or data ingestion pipelines
- Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge with major providers (AWS preferred, plus Azure and GCP)
- Solid distributed systems understanding, including concurrency, parallel processing, and scalability patterns
- Message queue proficiency (Kafka or something similar)
- Database versatility across RDBMS/SQL, distributed data stores (like ElasticSearch or Cassandra) and distributed caching solutions like Redis
- System troubleshooting expertise for complex distributed architectures
- Engineering best practices experience, including testing strategies, code reviews, and resilient architecture design
- Collaborative technical skills with ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decisions
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience
- Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and technical problem-solving
Benefits
- Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
- 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
GolangPythonmicroservicesREST APIsdistributed systemsRDBMSSQLNoSQLRedisKafka
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringtechnical decision-makingproblem-solvingownershipcommunicationleadershipdocumentationtroubleshootingengineering best practices
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Engineering
