Sr. Engineer - Data Services (Remote)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C

• servers - and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role :

The Data Services Control Plane team builds and operates a polyglot infrastructure at petabyte-scale across a myriad of clouds. Our work enables the highly-available transport, storage and access of data products delivering our award-winning endpoint protection solution. We operate a very large number of Cassandra, Kafka and Elasticsearch / Open search clusters and develop the underlying tooling to automate and simplify administration and support activities. If that sounds exciting to you, read on!

As a Data Services Control Plane Senior Engineer, you'll focus on designing and developing robust software solutions that power our distributed data platforms. You'll write clean, maintainable code that enables automation, scalability, and reliability across our infrastructure. This role emphasizes software development expertise while working with large-scale data systems.

What You’ll Do :

Design and implement scalable, high-performance software solutions for our distributed data platforms

Write production-quality code (primarily Python and potentially Golang) to build applications and APIs that automate infrastructure management

Develop and maintain microservices that interact with our data platform components

Create robust data processing pipelines that handle petabytes of security telemetry

Implement software solutions that monitor and optimize performance across our distributed systems

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and capabilities

Design and develop RESTful APIs and service interfaces for internal and external consumption

Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices

Troubleshoot complex software issues in production environments

Write comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure code quality

Use Chef to deploy, configure and manage servers and applications

Be responsive to and troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues, regardless of when they happen.

Maintain an understanding of the data components - including Cassandra, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch and Kafka, and use that understanding to operate and automate properly configured clusters.

Work with Engineering to roll out new products and features.

Keep petabytes of critical business data safe, secure, and available.

What You’ll Need :

5+ years of professional software development experience

Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in building production applications

Experience with graph databases like Neo4j, MemGraph or AWS Neptune

Experience with API design and development (REST in particular)

Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Knowledge of software design patterns and principles (SOLID, DRY, etc.)

Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks

Experience with asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures

Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for distributed systems

Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)

Ideally with experience in one or more of the following – the more the better, but if you know one we can train you on the other technology :

Cassandra

Elasticsearch / OpenSearch

Kafka

Relational Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

Caching (Valkey / Redis / Memcached)

Experience with DevOps tools such as Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Chef and Terraform

Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments

Experience operating within the cloud. We prefer Amazon Web Services but also work with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams

Track record of making great decisions, particularly when it matters most

Rock solid communication skills, verbal and written

Experience in the information security industry preferred, but not required

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike :

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 Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood 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. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

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