Crowdstrike

SDET III - Flight Control (Remote)

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
CybersecurityIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Not Specified
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not Specified

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.

CrowdStrike is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test III (SDET) to join the Platform Flight Control Team. Our new colleague will be responsible for developing automation and building tools that accurately ensure the quality, reliability, and accuracy of a globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud ecosystem using Golang. Prior experience with Golang is not required but will be helpful.

CrowdStrike is a computer security company. We do not require candidates for this role to have prior security industry experience. We will mentor and train in security topics as needed. You should have a strong interest in CrowdStrike’s mission and a willingness to engage with the needs of our product teams and customers.

About the Team

You’ll be joining the Platform team responsible for Multi-Tenancy and MSSP. The Flight Control team is responsible for customers that require to manage multiple Crowdstrike Customers under them. There are several types of such customers and Flight Control is a common name covering functionality for all of them.

  • Multi-CID Organizations: Single organizations that are large and complex enough that they need to manage their fleet of Falcons in several CIDs.
  • Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP): Organizations that manage security for others, in particular other Falcon customers.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to existing tools, frameworks, and related solutions
  • Plan, design, develop, verify, deploy, and maintain automated test suites
  • Increase our automated test coverage, and improve our release quality and velocity
  • Analyze product, system, and feature designs for flaws and improvements
  • Improve, maintain, and automate our cloud infrastructure on AWS
  • Validate and verify the integration of platform systems, services, data, and applications
  • Validate and verify customer-facing features, end-to-end, across the product platform
  • Leverage new open source solutions to build new tools that test things in new ways
  • Be part of engineering efforts turning rapid prototypes into large-scale core services
  • Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams

Technologies You'll Use

  • Go (Golang)
  • OAuth
  • AWS
  • Kafka
  • GIT
  • Cassandra
  • ElasticSearch
  • Redis
  • Postgres
  • AWS Cloud
  • GraphQL

Requirements

  • Overall 5+ years in Quality Assurance out of which at least 3+ years is in test automation development or experience / as an SDET
  • Solid experience in OOP, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems
  • Experience working with Web Services – JSON or REST / gRPC / RPC / XML
  • Experience with running services in Kubernetes
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges
  • Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
  • Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
  • A thorough understanding of engineering best practices

Application Instructions

Not Specified

Skills

Golang
Automation
Testing Tools
Distributed Systems
Cloud Ecosystem
Fault Tolerance
Scalability

Crowdstrike

Cloud-native endpoint security solutions provider

About Crowdstrike

CrowdStrike specializes in cybersecurity, focusing on protecting businesses from cyber threats through cloud-native endpoint security solutions. Their main product, the Falcon platform, includes services like Falcon Pro, which replaces traditional antivirus with next-generation antivirus that integrates threat intelligence, Falcon Insight for endpoint detection and response, and Falcon Device Control to manage connected devices. Unlike many competitors, CrowdStrike's services are subscription-based, allowing clients to choose different levels of protection based on their needs. The company serves a diverse clientele, including many Fortune 100 companies, and is recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity field, known for its effectiveness in threat detection and response.

Austin, TexasHeadquarters
2011Year Founded
$468MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

Competitive Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Remote-friendly culture
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
Comprehensive health benefits + 401k plan
Paid Parental Leave, including adoption
Wellness programs
Professional development and mentorship opportunities
Open offices have stocked kitchens, coffee, soda and treats

Risks

Increased competition from companies like Lumos could challenge CrowdStrike's market share.
Recovery from last year's outage may still affect customer trust and future sales.
Pressure to demonstrate ROI by 2025 could challenge CrowdStrike's financial transparency.

Differentiation

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform offers cloud-native endpoint security solutions, a key differentiator.
The company serves 44 of the Fortune 100, showcasing its strong market presence.
CrowdStrike's proactive threat hunting sets it apart in cybersecurity threat detection.

Upsides

Partnership with SonicWall opens new SMB market segment for CrowdStrike.
Recognition as a leader in ransomware prevention boosts CrowdStrike's market credibility.
Gamified learning initiatives help address cybersecurity skills gap, benefiting future talent pipeline.

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