Sr. Data Platform Engineer; Remote

Position: Sr. Data Platform Engineer (Remote)
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.
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* About the Role:

** Crowd Strike's Data Platform group is integral not only to our day-to-day operation but also to our customers' ability to access and learn from our historical threat remediation findings. We empower them directly with self-service platforms and tooling to execute vulnerability- and attack-surface management failsafes in their own environments, based on hundreds of petabytes of historical threat data.

Our Data Infrastructure team within DP is seeking an exceptional Senior Application Developer (De-facto tech lead, in this case) to lead disaster recovery and data replication initiatives within our Data Platform team(s). This is a high-impact, hands-on functional leadership position where you'll architect and build mission-critical applications that scale seamlessly from small datasets to to multi-petabytes, ensuring data resilience and business continuity for our cybersecurity platform.
** What You'll Do:
*** Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade disaster recovery and data replication solutions using Python and/or object-oriented Java
* Build scalable data applications on top of Apache Spark and Apache Flink that scale seamlessly to handle massive data volumes (multi-PB scale)
* Lead the technical roadmap for disaster recovery infrastructure, driving architectural decisions and best practices
* Mentor and guide engineering teams on distributed systems design, data platform technologies, and coding excellence
* Architect and implement robust ETL pipelines for disaster recovery scenarios with focus on data integrity and performance
* Design fault-tolerant, highly available data replication systems across multiple regions and availability zones
* Optimize data processing workflows to handle exponential data growth while maintaining sub-second recovery objectives
* Implement monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms for data platform resilience
* Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes (K8s) with deep understanding of container orchestration, scaling, and resource management
* Implement infrastructure-as-code practices for disaster recovery environments
* Collaborate with SRE teams to ensure 99.99%+ availability of critical data services
* Drive continuous improvement in deployment automation, testing, and operational excellence
** What You'll Need:
*** 8+ years of software development experience with strong coding skills in Python and/or object-oriented Java
* 5+ years hands-on experience with Apache Spark / Apache Flink in production environments
* Deep expertise in data platform architecture, ETL design patterns, and large-scale data processing
* Strong Kubernetes (K8s) experience including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting
* Proven track record of scaling data applications from small datasets to multi-petabyte scale
* Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery and data replication solutions
* Strong understanding of distributed systems, data consistency models, and fault tolerance patterns
* Advanced knowledge of Spark internals, optimization techniques, and performance tuning
* Experience with Flink streaming applications and stateful processing
* Proficiency with K8s ecosystem (Helm, operators, service mesh, monitoring tools)
* Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and No

SQL databases
* Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their data services
* Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git Ops, and infrastructure automation
* Demonstrated ability to drive technical roadmaps and influence engineering strategy
* Strong communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to all audiences
* Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence
* Proven ability to make…