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# Sr. Software Engineer - Core Platform & Resiliency (Hybrid)

- **Company:** CrowdStrike
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Abstraction Layers, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Software as a Service, Profiling, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Data Structures, Shard (Database Architecture), Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Github, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Scala (Programming Language), Multithreading, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Concurrency, Multi-Cloud, Parallel Computation, Backend, Stack Overflow, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, OpenSearch, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_crowdstrike-R30290

## About the Role

replication, consistency models, failure modes, and scalability patterns. + Proven experience scaling backend systems - sharding, partitioning, horizontal scaling, capacity planning, and performance optimization are second nature. + Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing. + Track record of making impactful architectural decisions at organizational scope and seeing them through to production. + Strong systems thinking and the ability to influence without direct authority across organizational boundaries. + Thorough command of engineering best practices: appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code review, and resilient architecture. + Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative, and iterative environment; strong team-player orientation. + A desire to ship code and a love of seeing your bits run in production. + Degree in Computer Science, or commensurate experience in data structures

## Description

Offices are in **Midtown Manhattan, NY; Redmond, WA; Sunnyvale, CA; and Austin, TX** . **What You'll Do:** + Partner with engineering leadership across multiple product groups to define and drive multi-year reliability roadmaps. + Design and implement architectural improvements to services, libraries, and platforms that impact teams across all of CrowdStrike. + Develop and maintain services that meet aggressive reliability and scalability demands. + Extend and build new libraries for cross-cutting concerns spanning CrowdStrike's cloud platform, which comprises hundreds of libraries and services. + Lead initiatives around reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency in large-scale distributed systems. + Establish foundational observability practices: ensure teams instrument services properly, react to signals effectively, and leverage observability to drive automation such as continuous delivery. + Define and implement service-level objectives and error, infrastructure and operational improvements across the organization. + Mentor and coach engineers, raising the technical IQ of the team and driving architectural standards across the org. + Use and give back to the open source community; evangelize software engineering best practices, especially as they pertain to Go. + Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams as an energetic self-starter who owns and is accountable for deliverables. **What You'll Need:** + 10+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems and service-oriented backends at scale. + 5+ years developing microservices for a SaaS product in a modern backend language (Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Python, Node.js). + Expert-level proficiency in at least one programming language, with expert-level Go or demonstrated ability and willingness to reach expert level in Go. + Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus algorithms, algorithms, and distributed systems. + Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes. **Bonus Points:** + Experience driving reliability improvements in organizations with hundreds or thousands of microservices. + Deep knowledge of Kubernetes or other large-scale orchestration systems. + Hands-on experience with AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, or similar large-scale distributed technologies. + Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). + Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). + Experience delivering or operating services across multiple cloud providers, including multi-cloud abstraction layers, portability, and cloud-agnostic tooling. + Track record of building internal platforms, developer platforms, or tools that other engineers depend on. + Experience with infrastructure cost optimization at scale. + Background in
performance engineering: profiling, optimization, and identifying system bottlenecks. + Experience with chaos engineering or resilience testing practices. + History of establishing SLO/SLI frameworks and error budgets in production environments. + Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, technical blogging). + Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields. \#LI-MP2 \#LI-SF1 **Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:** + 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 CrowdStrike is proud to be
an equal opportunity employer.
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