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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 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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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.

About the Role:

Falcon Vulnerability Assessment is the industry's first scan-less endpoint vulnerability assessment solution, delivering real-time, zero-impact assessments of endpoint security posture. Falcon Vulnerabiity Assessment adds preparation and readiness to the unparalleled prevention, detection and response provided by the Falcon platform, resulting in a stronger security posture and unprecedented breach protection.

As part of CrowdStrike's cutting-edge Falcon Exposure Management pillar, you'll be at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, elevating our industry-leading "stopping breaches" mission to unprecedented levels of sophistication and visibility. You'll architect and build the foundational risk intelligence platform that powers next-generation security insights, leveraging advanced algorithms, AI, and machine learning to deliver comprehensive visibility into risk compounding, attack path analysis, and posture scoring across hybrid environments—spanning hosts, cloud infrastructure, and identity assets. The core focus of this specific role is developing robust backend services that seamlessly ingest massive data streams, execute complex risk calculations, and deliver intelligent remediation automation. Working primarily with Golang microservices architecture and multiple database ecosystems, you'll build scalable solutions that protect organizations worldwide from evolving cyber threats.

As a technical leader, you'll drive end-to-end product delivery, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities and scope. Your expertise will directly influence the cybersecurity landscape, protecting organizations from sophisticated threats while advancing the state of the art in exposure management...

This role also requires reasoning and judgment over large volumes of continuously changing data, at the scale CrowdStrike operates — work that conventional rule-based systems have only partially addressed. We're treating agentic reasoning as a core architectural element rather than a feature layered onto an existing system, which means real decisions are still open: where reasoning belongs, where determinism is the better answer, and how to make either hold up in production.

This role is hybrid and attached to our Sunnyvale, CA office, requiring 2-3 days in office.

What You'll Do:

Design and build high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs in Golang and Python

Architect and operate cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and GCP at scale (S3, SQS, Kubernetes/KEDA, and more)

Build and maintain Kafka-based event streaming pipelines for near-real-time vulnerability event processing

Drive backend engineering and process automation across the platform

Partner with security researchers and platform teams (Intel, EPP) to deliver integrated capabilities

Own service reliability — performance profiling, incident response, and root cause analysis on time-sensitive production issues

Continuously re-engineer for improved architecture, performance, and stability

Write high-quality, well-tested, production-ready code with a focus on observability and operability

Build agentic capabilities into the product — systems that reason over real data, use tools, and produce explainable results customers can act on

Take AI capabilities from prototype to production, owning latency, cost, correctness, and evaluation

Design the guardrails and policies that make autonomous reasoning safe for enterprise customers

What You'll Need:

10-15 years of backend engineering experience.

Solid experience with Golang/Java in production systems.

Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, SQS, and similar)

Experience with Kafka or other event streaming platforms.

Strong database skills — Cassandra, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Redis, or similar distributed data stores.

Hands-on use of frontier-model SDKs (Anthropic, OpenAI, or similar) and AI-assisted development tools, with a realistic view of their capabilities and limits.

Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization

Strong collaboration skills and experience working in a global team

Commitment to software quality — unit tested, code reviewed, and continuously integrated

Bonus Points:

Experience in cybersecurity — welcome, though not required

Experience with Kubernetes and event-driven autoscaling (KEDA)

Experience with observability tooling (Splunk, Grafana, LogScale, or similar)

Familiarity with security vulnerability management or cybersecurity platforms

Good understanding of Windows OS internals and the Windows API

Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, or similar)

Prior experience with large-scale data acquisition or content pipeline systems

Experience with evaluation and observability tooling for agentic systems

Experience with RAG pipelines, vector stores, or retrieval-augmented agents

Experience with graph databases and complex data modeling

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

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 regardless of level or role

Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections

Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $140,000 - $220,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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