CrowdStrike
Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud Detection Engine (Hybrid)
$160K–$250K
USA - New York, NY · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science (or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
About the job
Designs and scales backend platform services and real-time distributed systems that orchestrate data, content, and detection execution across CrowdStrike products.
What you'll do
- Lead backend engineering from prototypes through large-scale applications, building cloud systems for attack detection and threat intelligence production.
- Collaborate across teams to define and build systems, mentor engineers, and improve architecture, performance, and stability.
- Own work end to end, from design to production, using modern tools and AI in the development workflow.
What they ask for
- Degree in Computer Science, or professional experience in data structures, algorithms, or distributed systems.
- Understanding of scalability and distributed systems, including sharding, partitioning, and concurrency.
- Thorough understanding of engineering best practices, including testing, code reviews, and resilient architecture.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.
Nice to have
- Open-source contributions; prior cybersecurity or intelligence experience; experience designing or implementing programming languages or compilers.
- Exposure to Go or C++, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, or Elasticsearch.
Pay
$160,000 - $250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Go (Golang), C++, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra
AI focus
Use AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes; AI is also used in the development workflow.
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