Backend Engineer III (Hybrid)
Core
Design, build, and scale foundational backend services and APIs that orchestrate data, content, and execution logic for CrowdStrike's security products (NGSIEM, FCS, Endpoint), processing internet-scale data streams for real-time detection.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (distributed systems)
Builds
Large-scale, resilient, fault-tolerant backend services and highly available APIs
Domain
Cybersecurity / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Go, Java, Python, distributed systems architecture, system scalability (sharding/partitioning), cloud engineering, troubleshooting production issues, code review, unit testing
Preferred skills
Open source contributions, security domain experience, AI technology utilization
Technologies
Go, Java, Python, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch, Redis, AWS
Responsibilities
Lead backend engineering from prototype to large-scale application; design and deploy resilient services; troubleshoot critical production issues; mentor developers on backend technologies; improve system architecture and performance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC