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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # full stack backend engineering - **Company:** CrowdStrike - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $215,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon S3, Big Data, Software Quality, Cyber Security, Databases, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Graph Database, Windows API, Redis, Cloud Services, Datadog, Grafana, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Splunk, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/317867/sr-engineer-cloud-backend-hybrid-sunnyvale-california-ca-sunnyvale ## About the Role * 8-12 years of backend engineering experience.\n * Solid experience with Golang/Java in production systems.\n * Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.\n * Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, SQS, and similar)\n * Experience with Kafka or other event streaming platforms.\n * Strong database skills - Cassandra, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Redis, or similar distributed data stores.\n * Hands-on use of frontier-model SDKs (Anthropic, OpenAI, or similar) and AI-assisted development tools, with a realistic view of their capabilities and limits.\n * Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.\n * Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization\n * Strong collaboration skills and experience working in a global team\n * Commitment to software quality - unit tested, code reviewed, and continuously integrated\n, * Experience in cybersecurity - welcome, though not required\n * Experience with Kubernetes and event-driven autoscaling (KEDA)\n * Experience with observability tooling (Splunk, Grafana, LogScale, or similar)\n * Familiarity with security vulnerability management or cybersecurity platforms\n * Good understanding of Windows OS internals and the Windows API\n * Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, or similar)\n * Prior experience with large-scale data acquisition or content pipeline systems\n * Experience with evaluation and observability tooling for agentic systems\n * Experience with RAG pipelines, vector stores, or retrieval-augmented agents\n * Experience with graph databases and complex data modeling\n ## Related Videos - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Scoring 2000 Products per Request: Performance Pitfalls in Golang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2073-scoring-2000-products-per-request-performance-pitfalls-in-golang) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)