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
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