CrowdStrike
Senior Software Engineer, Sensor - Core Libraries (Hybrid)
$140K–$215K
USA - Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- USA - Sunnyvale, CA
USA - Redmond, WA - Visa sponsorship
- CrowdStrike participates in the E-Verify program.
About the job
Designs, builds, tests, and maintains cross-platform core libraries that support CrowdStrike’s sensor software.
What you'll do
- Gather requirements across teams and design, implement, test, and validate libraries across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Own technical proposals, design reviews, production investigations, and reliability improvements for library components.
- Coordinate technical planning across organizations and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Hands-on C and C++ experience in a low-level systems context.
- Experience reasoning about reliability and correctness at endpoint fleet scale.
- Cross-platform exposure to Windows, Linux, and/or macOS.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.
Nice to have
- Background in endpoint security, EDR, kernel-adjacent software, or sensor platform engineering.
- Experience maintaining cross-platform libraries, especially ABI stability, versioning, and backward compatibility.
Pay
$140,000 - $215,000 per year USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Windows, Linux, macOS
AI focus
Use AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.
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