Sr. Engineer, Data Services Control Plane; Remote

Overview

Crowd Strike, Inc. Full time position. The Data Services Control Plane team builds and operates a polyglot infrastructure at petabyte-scale across myriad clouds, enabling highly-available transport, storage and access of data products delivering Crowd Strike’s endpoint protection solution.

We operate a large number of Cassandra, Kafka, Open search, MySQL, Postgres and Valkey clusters and develop tooling to automate and simplify administration and support activities. This role emphasizes software development expertise while working with large-scale data systems.

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance software solutions for distributed data platforms
• Write production-quality code (Golang, Java, Python) to build applications and APIs that automate infrastructure management
• Analyze and debug unfamiliar codebases and dependencies written in Java, Golang and Python
• Develop and maintain microservices that interact with data platform components
• Create robust data processing pipelines that handle petabytes of security telemetry
• Implement software solutions that monitor and optimize performance across distributed systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and capabilities
• Design and develop RESTful APIs and service interfaces for internal and external consumption
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Troubleshoot complex software issues in production environments
• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure code quality
• Use Chef to deploy, configure and manage servers and applications
• Be responsive to and troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues
• Maintain an understanding of data components including Cassandra, Elasticsearch/Open Search and Kafka
• Work with Engineering to roll out new products and features
• Keep petabytes of critical business data safe, secure, and available
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers across the team
• Lead architectural discussions and drive technical decisions that impact multiple teams
• Research and evaluate new technologies to improve platform capabilities
• Build consensus across engineering teams for complex technical challenges
• Participate in technical interviews and help define hiring standards

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in Go, Java and Python, with experience in building production applications
• Experience with API design and development (REST)
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of software design patterns and principles (SOLID, DRY, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives
• Track record of driving architectural decisions in ambiguous problem spaces
• Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for distributed systems
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience with one or more of:
  Cassandra, Elasticsearch/Open Search, Kafka, MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, Valkey/Redis/Memcached, Neo4j or other graph databases, MongoDB
• Experience with Dev Ops tools such as Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Chef and Terraform
• Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments
• Experience operating within the cloud (AWS preferred; also GCP and OCI)
• Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams
• Strong decision-making skills, especially in high-pressure situations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in the information security industry preferred, but not required

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Role may require periodic background and fingerprint checks per government customer requirements.

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
• Market leading compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees
• Emplo…