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Mid/Senior Level Engineer - Distributed Systems OR C++ Experience (Remote)

CrowdStrike
5 months ago
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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 an inclusive 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:

This is a Software Engineer position on our Cloud Platform team. The role is open to either full-time remote work or one of our office locations.

This role will contribute by collaborating to design and build a high-throughput system to partition, filter, query and join streaming data at the scale of trillions of events per day. Customers of this system will rely on your work to generate everything from high quality training data for large-scale machine learning models to actionable leads that threat hunters can use to track down malicious actors. You'll be joining an agile, distributed team of highly collaborative engineers who work on all aspects of the system from high-level cloud and datacenter architecture down to low-level performance tuning of event handling and everything in between. If you enjoy moving fast, learning new technology, touching all the different parts of a distributed system and tackling hard problems that don't have well-defined solutions, then you'll fit right in.

We're looking for an engineer with strong experience in object-oriented development, solid computer science fundamentals around multithreading, memory, and data structures, and the desire to work on a distributed system at CrowdStrike scale. We are building a large distributed system (using both public cloud and datacenter components) and we rely primarily on C++ (C++17 currently) as our core language to achieve high performance and high throughput. If you are already comfortable in both those domains, you'll be a great fit! If not, we are looking for a candidate who is either a solid C++ developer willing to learn about distributed systems OR a backend developer willing to dive into modern C++. As long as you've got a solid foundation and a willingness to grow, we'll happily help you learn whatever new concepts, frameworks & languages are necessary.

In addition to our C++ foundation, you can also expect a healthy dose of Python in our build, deployment, scripting and automation tools as well as other languages such as Java, Golang and Ruby that you will encounter along the way. We also rely on industry leading tools such as Docker, Apache Kafka, RocksDB, Apache Zookeeper, Apache Helix and more, to run smoothly and efficiently at scale. We are technically fearless and work together to find the best solution for the task at hand.

What You'll Need:

  • A background where you've designed, built and operated scalable distributed systems


OR

  • Strong experience building production systems with C++
  • Recent experience building production systems in a strongly-typed, object-oriented language (e.g. C++, Java, C#, or similar)
  • Confidence operating and navigating a Unix/Linux machine with nothing but a command line
  • Comfort with Git or similar version control workflows
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity in a large, open-ended problem space
  • A self-starter "can do" attitude to research solutions, coordinate with customers, collaborate with teammates and solve hard problems with minimal oversight
  • An open mind and willingness to learn the parts of our technology stack that are new to you



What You'll Use:

  • C++
  • Go (Golang)
  • Java
  • Python
  • Chef
  • GIT
  • Kafka
  • Grafana
  • AWS Cloud



Bonus Points:

  • Hands-on experience with distributed applications built on a variety of data stores (e.g. RDBMS, NoSQL, streaming solutions, queueing solutions, object storage, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience building CLI tooling with Go.
  • Used core AWS services such as EC2, S3 and IAM or Azure/GCP equivalents
  • Created applications with in-memory or embedded key/value stores such as RocksDB.
  • Built and deployed C++ applications, especially with modern CMake.
  • Monitored applications with tools such as Graphite, Prometheus and Grafana
  • Constructed streaming systems using Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, or similar
  • Familiarity with Docker, containers or virtual machines
  • Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
  • Contributed to the open-source community
  • Bring your experience and passion for writing code that performs at extreme scale. You will help build a platform that scales to millions of events per second and Terabytes of data per day. If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high scale, you've come to the right place



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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 and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at for further assistance.

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