Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) - Falcon Data Protection

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Our mission, since 2011, has been to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. We operate on large-scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day, with traffic growing daily. Our diverse customer base spans all industries, relying on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, communities safe, and lives moving forward. We are a mission-driven company fostering a culture of flexibility, autonomy, and ownership. 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.

Join our leading Falcon Data Protection team, safeguarding sensitive data through advanced data loss prevention capabilities integrated seamlessly into the Falcon platform. This innovative solution combines machine learning, policy enforcement, and real-time detection to protect against data breaches while maintaining endpoint performance and user productivity.

This Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) position is on our Falcon Data Protection product development team, focusing on our advanced endpoint sensor technology. As key contributors, SDETs leverage strong software development skills to architect and implement sophisticated testing frameworks, automated tools, and specialized test harnesses. You will ensure our quality standards are met across all new capabilities, actively participating in technical design discussions and code reviews. Working closely with development teams, you will help ensure robust end-to-end data protection functionality. We are seeking talented engineers who thrive on technical challenges and take ownership, contributing to our culture where quality is paramount.

Success in This Role Means:

• Automating test processes for speed, reproducibility, and scalability. This includes building integration tests, unit tests, system tests, performance tests, and more.
• Reviewing feature code to discern quality regarding functional and non-functional requirements.
• Breaking software systems in creative and useful ways.
• Collaborating both within and across teams to deliver quality software.
• Thriving with responsibility, challenges, and aggressive goals.
• Building elegant, robust, and reliable solutions for complex technical problems.

What You'll Do:

• Work closely with a team of engineers to support and maintain a culture of high product quality and excellence.
• Analyze complex sensor software features and build effective test strategies and test designs.
• Extend our existing codebase utilizing C++, Python, and other tools and DSLs (domain specific languages) to increase the testability and debuggability of sensor code.
• Design and implement specialized tests for system-wide qualities including performance, scalability, compatibility across multiple OS platforms, and resource utilization.
• Work collaboratively with product and release management to control risk, improve quality, and streamline our release cycles.
• Debug complex sensor issues found through testing or customer cases to identify root cause and enhance test coverage.
• Lead rigorous product and test code reviews with an eye towards improving the security and robustness of the sensor system.
• Leverage your understanding of engineering best practices, including secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance measurement, code reviews, CI/CD, and OS internals, to ensure optimal sensor performance and reliability.

What You’ll Need:

• 5+ years of hands-on SDET/test auto