Sr. Engineer II, Sensor - Sensor Performance Engineering (Hybrid)
Core
Deep technical authority on Windows sensor performance, bridging kernel-mode internals, ETW/WPA trace analysis, and enterprise customer escalations to ensure the Falcon sensor operates without impacting protected systems.
Role type
Senior IC Windows kernel-mode performance engineer
Builds
Diagnostic tooling (ETW-based instrumentation, WPP providers) and shipped fixes for sensor performance issues
Domain
Cybersecurity / Endpoint Security / Windows Systems Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Windows kernel-mode development, Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA), ETW/WPP tracing, ETL file analysis, Windows kernel APIs (registry filter manager, process/thread notifications), multi-process interaction analysis
Preferred skills
Enterprise performance benchmarking, architectural advocacy
Technologies
Windows, ETW, WPA, xperf, ETL, WPP
Responsibilities
Own deep-dive performance analysis of the Falcon sensor on Windows, Drive development and improvement of ETW-based diagnostic instrumentation, Perform WPA/ETL analysis for customer support cases and internal benchmarking, Review and author PRs targeting Windows sensor performance improvements, Identify sensor observability gaps and push for tooling to close them
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC