Sr. Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Reliability (Remote)

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​​#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:
We’re building the next-generation infrastructure and security platform for CrowdStrike which include an application and service delivery platform, massively scalable distributed data storage and replication systems, and a cutting-edge search and distributed graph system.

Help us scale CrowdStrike’s infrastructure and products to handle massive growth in traffic and data as we continue to experience dramatic growth in the usage of our products.

What You'll Do:

• Develop and maintain services to meet reliability and scalability demands.

• Develop and enhance monitoring services.

• Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.

• Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.

• Be mentored and mentor other developers on web security, authentication and authorization strategies.

• Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability.

• Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.

• Use and give back to the open source community.

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of full-time experience developing micro services for a SaaS product, in one of the following languages: Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, C++, Python, Node.js.

• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).

• The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.

• Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.

• Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams

• Track record of making great decisions, particularly when it matters most

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• A combination of confidence and independence with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team

• 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.

Bonus Points:

• Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).

• Existing exposure to Go, Java, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch etc.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countries

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

• Physical and mental wellness programs 

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Access to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and Jhanna

• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

• Birthday time-off in your local country

• Work with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globe