Senior SDET – AI Detection and Response

CrowdStrike

Senior SDET building AI security testing frameworks for CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity platform. Validating cloud services and UI applications at massive scale through performance, resilience, and automated testing.

Posted 8/14/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and owning testing frameworks for Cloud SaaS products, with a strong focus on functional, performance, and resilience testing strategies. Proven ability to mentor teams on quality engineering practices and enhance testing methodologies using AI technologies.

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8+ Years Experience As An SDET Or Backend/UI DeveloperCloud Distributed Systems TechnologiesExpertise In Golang, Python, Or JavaExperience With CI/CD Pipelines And Automated TestingExtensive Experience With Testing Tools

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Hard Skills

Testing FrameworksDebugging SkillsAlgorithmsData StructuresDistributed SystemsREST And/or gRPC APIs TestingPerformance Bottlenecks IdentificationAutomated Test CoverageQuality EngineeringRoot Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

Cross-Group CollaborationInterpersonal CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesPostgreSQLRedisKafkaAWSGCPOCIDockerJestCypress

Industry Keywords

Cloud SaaSSOAAI TechnologiesQuality CultureTesting Strategy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCypressDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCJavaJestJUnitKafkaKubernetesPostgresPythonRedis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end validation of AIDR services across cloud-side backend and UI layers
Build and own AIDR-specific test tooling and frameworks
Define and drive functional, performance, contract, and chaos/resilience testing strategies
Verify processing, data, and customer-facing application layers for reliability, accuracy, and performance at scale
Participate in code and design reviews focused on quality, testability, security, and code hygiene
Review technical design documents and requirements and guide testability decisions
Improve service observability and monitoring, perform root cause analysis, and implement quality improvements
Increase automated test coverage across backend services and UI applications
Mentor team members on testing methodologies, secure coding practices, and quality engineering
Leverage open-source solutions and AI-powered tools to build innovative testing approaches

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience as an SDET or Backend/UI Developer (combined)
3+ years building testing frameworks and tooling for a Cloud SaaS product or similar SOA
Experience contributing to or defining testing strategy at a team or organizational level
Strong debugging skills, including identifying design flaws, race conditions, and performance bottlenecks in complex distributed architectures
Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
Expertise in at least one of Golang, Python, or Java; Go is the primary backend language
Experience with cloud distributed systems technologies such as Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar; transferable skills in each category required
Experience with AWS, GCP, or OCI cloud services, particularly compute and storage
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing in deployment workflows
Experience developing and deploying in containerized environments such as Docker or Kubernetes
Extensive experience with testing tools such as Jest, QUnit, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, or TestNG
Experience testing REST and/or gRPC APIs and real-time or high-volume data systems
Proven experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes
Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills across engineering organizations
Experience mentoring engineers and driving quality culture
Ability to work on-site 2-3 days per week at one of the posted locations

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
Health insurance
401k
Paid time off
Eligibility for bonuses
Equity grants