Sr. Backend Engineer - Charlotte AI; Remote, East Coast

Position: Sr. Backend Engineer - Charlotte AI (Remote, East Coast)
Location: Town of Vermont

Overview

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Crowd Strike is a global leader in cybersecurity. We protect people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has been to stop breaches with an AI-native platform. We work on large-scale distributed systems and process almost 3 trillion events per day. We’re a mission-driven company that values autonomy and ownership of careers, with a culture that supports growth, collaboration, and customer focus.

About

The Role

Crowd Strike is looking for a Cloud Software Engineer to join our growing Charlotte AI Engineering Team. The role involves building globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud ecosystems using Golang and Large Language Models. Prior experience with Golang and LLMs is helpful but not required. Mentorship in security topics will be provided as needed.

About the product:
Crowd Strike has pioneered AI-powered protection and now introduced Charlotte AI
, a generative AI security analyst that integrates with Falcon Platform components to empower users of all skill levels while reducing security operations complexity and cost. Learn more about Charlotte AI:

What You'll Do

• Advance backend microservices, identifying and solving critical concerns to implement effective solutions.
• Use Crowd Strike tools and services to build cloud solutions for detecting and countering targeted cyber threats.
• Innovate with Large Language Models to develop and refine Charlotte AI's capabilities.
• Construct and maintain data pipelines, perform data upkeep, and contribute to training and implementing custom LLMs.
• Collaborate across teams to brainstorm, define, and implement solutions.
• Commit to ongoing learning and self-improvement.
• Stay attuned to customer challenges and seek ways to enhance support.
• Maintain high coding quality with best practices, testing, logging and metrics.
• Work in a collaborative and agile team environment.
• Mentor fellow engineers and learn from peers across technologies.
• Continuously refine product architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and reliability.
• Own your work end-to-end: develop, test, deploy and monitor changes with autonomy.
• Value trust and contribute to a positive team culture.

What You'll Need

• Degree in Computer Science or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems.
• Experience with big data and microservices; understanding of scalability and distributed systems (sharding, partitioning, concurrency).
• Strong teamwork and collaboration mindset.
• Solid engineering practices: testing, peer reviews, resilient architecture, and CI/CD.
• Ability to thrive in a test-driven, collaborative, iterative programming environment and meet commitments with high-quality software.

Tech Stack (not mandatory to know everything; strong learning capacity is essential)

• Go (Golang)
• Python
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Redis / S3 / EC2 / IAM
• Kafka
• GIT
• Cassandra
• Elastic Search

Bonus Points

• Existing exposure to Go, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Language Models, Data Science, Data Engineering.
• Prior experience in cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

Benefits Of Working At Crowd Strike

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
• Competitive compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Generous vacation and holidays
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee networks and volunteer opportunities
• Vibrant office culture with amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified

Equal Opportunity Notice

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 through our affirmative action program. Crowd Strike participates in the E-Verify program. See notices about Right to Work and related information. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of protected characteristics.

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Salary information:
The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $140,000 - $215,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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