CrowdStrike · 10 hours ago
Sr Engineer, Backend - Channel File Systems (Remote, CAN)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
CAD$150K/yr - CAD$200K/yrCrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, dedicated to stopping breaches through advanced AI-native platforms. The role involves designing proprietary Cloud Protocols and applying experience with large-scale distributed systems to enhance performance and scalability.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesCloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork Security
No H1B
Responsibilities
As part of the team, you will have a hand in designing our proprietary Cloud Protocol and work closely with Falcon Sensor teams for each of the platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
Your details-oriented mindset and performance focus will allow CrowdStrike to scale into the future
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
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
Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
Experience with shipping high quality software in a cloud environments
Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering
Qualification
Required
Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
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
Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
Experience with shipping high quality software in a cloud environments
Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering
Preferred
Industry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers
Authored and lead successful open source libraries and projects
Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
Benefits
Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
Company
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides cloud-delivered protection for cloud workloads, identity, and data.
Founded in 2011
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.24BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementAccelCapitalG
2022-12-01Post Ipo Equity· $4.6M
2021-01-12Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2019-06-12IPO
Leadership Team
George Kurtz
President / CEO & Founder
Zeki Turedi
CTO for Europe, Middle East & Africa
Recent News
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