Crowdstrike

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test - Data Platform (Remote, ROU)

Romania

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Cybersecurity, Information TechnologyIndustries

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Senior Test Automation Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Our mission is to stop breaches, and we have 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, with traffic that is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, relying on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We are a mission-driven company that cultivates a culture of flexibility and autonomy, empowering every CrowdStriker to own their careers. We seek 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.

CrowdStrike Romania has grown significantly since 2018, from 18 engineers to over 300 people working remotely across Bucharest, Iași, Cluj, Timișoara, Brașov, Craiova, and more. We are a remote-friendly company, and this role is open to all candidates in Romania, offering a full-time remote experience.

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About the Falcon Platform

Falcon is CrowdStrike's purpose-built platform designed to stop breaches through a unified set of cloud-delivered technologies that prevent all types of attacks, including malware and much more. CrowdStrike stores over 15 petabytes of data in the cloud, which it uses to make decisions on upward of 1 trillion security events daily.

About the Role

Are you a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Senior Test Automation Engineer passionate about optimizing the development and testing lifecycle through tools and process automation? Do you enjoy working with large-scale distributed systems and ensuring contracts between microservices are honored?

As part of the Data Platform Cloud Engineering team, you will help build globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud-based systems using a microservices architecture. You will lay the foundation that enables CrowdStrike to continue pushing the state of the art for security services. Many other teams will leverage the core infrastructure pieces you help build to further enhance security products and make cyberspace a safer place.

We are looking for a technical, hands-on Software Development Engineer in Test who will write code daily to develop automation and build tools that accurately ensure the quality, reliability, and accuracy of our large-scale cloud-based cybersecurity systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join our talented team of technology enthusiasts, learn, and contribute to one of the most revolutionary platforms in cybersecurity.

Don't worry if you don't know Go; we will teach you!

Interviewing Process: Online

What You'll Do

  • 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.
  • 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 novel ways.
  • Be part of engineering efforts turning rapid prototypes into large-scale core services.
  • Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.

What You'll Use

  • Go
  • Python
  • Jenkins
  • Spinnaker
  • Cassandra
  • Kafka
  • Elasticsearch / OpenSearch
  • SQL
  • Redis
  • AWS Cloud

What You’ll Need

  • 5+ years in Quality Assurance

Skills

Software Development Engineer in Test
Test Automation
Data Platform
Cybersecurity
AI
Distributed Systems
Cloud

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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