Software Engineer - Identity Sensor Resiliency

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Identity Protection Group's Identity Sensor Resiliency Team. This role focuses on developing real-time monitoring systems for health, telemetry, and changing conditions to proactively anticipate and gracefully handle system degradation and failures. The Identity Protection Group leverages advanced AI, behavioral analytics, and a flexible policy engine to provide unified control of every identity, detect identity-based threats, and enforce risk-based conditional access. Our solutions deliver detection and prevention of identity-related incidents within customer networks using the Falcon Sensor and Cloud.

We operate at a massive scale, processing nearly 3 trillion events per day with our AI-native platform, and this traffic is continuously growing. We are a mission-driven company that fosters a culture of flexibility and autonomy, empowering employees to own their careers. We are looking for passionate, innovative, and customer-focused individuals to join our team.

Time Zone Preference: Candidates based in CST or EST Time Zones are strongly preferred.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, test, optimize, build, and maintain software systems as part of a distributed team.
• Develop elegant, robust, and reliable solutions for complex technical challenges.
• Apply engineering best practices, including secure coding, testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure high-quality code.
• Collaborate with external and internal customers to troubleshoot product issues and support customer support efforts.
• Act as an energetic 'self-starter' empowered to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a team.
• Deliver and accept feedback constructively and courteously.
• Collaborate effectively with multi-functional teams across various locations.

What You'll Need

• In-depth knowledge of C or C++ Windows Development.
• Strong understanding of Windows OS internals and concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of concurrency, multi-core processing, threading, and synchronization.
• Experience with networking protocols and technologies.
• Experience debugging memory corruptions, process contentions, and system performance issues.
• Familiarity with Python Programming.
• Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively within a distributed team.
• Experience working with teams to ship major features and releases.

Bonus Points

• Low-level knowledge of Windows OS internals, components, APIs, and design.
• Prior experience in cybersecurity OR in Host / Device Management.
• Comfortable working with external customers.

Company Information

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has been to stop breaches. We have redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, relying on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We are always looking to add talented individuals with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, community, and each other. The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

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.
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.