Software Engineer - Developer Automation

As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed — we're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI‑native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

Our customers span all industries, and they count on Crowd Strike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission‑driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every Crowd Striker the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other.

We are building the next generation of our UI foundation for Crowd Strike’s platform called Kestrel, which includes new UI and backend features to help customers‘Stop the Breach’ by unifying data across security domains, streamlining access to the most important security information, and allowing users to more effectively personalize their user experience by role. You will play a key role in innovating, building, and maintaining critical backend features in support of the Kestrel platform.

This is a hybrid role based out of our offices in Austin, TX.

• Design, develop, document, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large‑scale services.
• Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
• Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations.
• Mentor other web and backend engineers on the use of our feature services.
• Constantly re‑evaluate our products to improve architecture, testing coverage, knowledge models, user experience, performance, observability, and stability.
• Partner with product teams to understand their needs, work with PM to document new requirements, and implement those new features within our feature services.

• Go (Golang)
• Python
• GIT
• Cassandra
• Kafka
• Open Search
• Kubernetes
• Postgres
• Redis
• AWS Cloud

• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
• The ability to scale backend systems (sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally) is second nature to you.
• The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• 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.

• Existing exposure to Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Kafka, Open Search.
• Experience working on security products.

• 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

The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $140,000 – $215,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401(k) and paid time off.

Crowd Strike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities…