Software Engineer III - Cloud

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 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 also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. 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: Have you spent hours arguing about tabs versus spaces? Does correlating and analyzing data at massive trillions-of-events-per-day scale excite you? Do you care deeply about cybersecurity and want to play an active role in helping secure organizations from cyberattacks? Hi, we’d like to meet you. We are seeking a talented Cloud Software Engineer to join our growing Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) team and help revolutionize security management with our AI-native Falcon Next-Gen SIEM platform – enabling customers to detect, investigate, and hunt down threats 150x faster at Petabyte scale within a unified platform to stop breaches. You'll be designing and developing world-class case management and investigation capabilities in Golang that empower security analysts to be more effective at incident response, threat hunting, and collaborative investigations. You'll build intelligent workflows that connect detections, evidence, and response actions into cohesive cases, while leveraging advanced correlation, contextual enrichment, and AI/ML-powered insights. You'll also have opportunities to explore applied AI and agentic AI capabilities - such as intelligent case prioritization, automated investigation suggestions, and AI-assisted analyst workflows that help security teams work smarter and respond faster to emerging threats. Have no fear if you don't have prior experience with Golang or the security industry – we value the desire to learn, the ability to write and ship high-quality code, and the passion for seeing your solutions deployed in production. We'll mentor and train you in security topics as needed, and expect you'll be comfortable collaborating with awesome colleagues and partner teams distributed across various geographies and time zones. What we do look for is a strong interest in CrowdStrike's mission and a willingness to engage with the needs of our product teams and customers. Sounds like a challenge? It is! If that what you’re after, we’d love to hear from you. What You’ll Do: Develop Go-based microservices to support new and existing features which help detect cyber attacks, as well as RESTful APIs to support customer-focused workflows Work on and enrich backend microservices – From researching areas of concern to implementing the final solution Take end-to-end ownership of technical initiatives, both individually, and as part of a team, for delivery of projects of increasing complexity Work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers across product groups to understand, design, and implement solutions Mentor junior engineers on the team via pair programming, code reviews, and one-on-one knowledge sharing Challenge the status quo by continuously re-evaluating our features, infrastructure, and services for areas where we can improve architecture, user experience, performance, latency, or stability Relentlessly pursue quality by following engineering best practices including: Appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, monitoring, and resilient architecture patterns Utilize Kafka for event-driven workflows, Redis for distributed caching, and Cassandra, ElasticSearch, or PostgreSQL for data storage Provide monitoring and operational & customer support for production services owned by our team Be given the autonomy to own your work in a high trust environment What You’ll Need: Being empathetic and a team player (Remember: One team. One fight!) A computer science degree or commensurate experience Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, RESTful patterns, and multithreading concepts; knowledge of software development best practices and a willingness to learn more Proficiency building and scaling resilient, low-latency services in production using Go, Python, Java, C++ or C# Proven track record of translating business requirements to technical requirements, leading projects and delivery on schedule Passion for customer success and guide decisions by always keeping the end-user in mind Communicate and collaborate effectively across functions and levels throughout the company Willingness to take on ownership to fix issues as you find them, without waiting to be assigned Bonus Points: Currently developing Go-based web services for scalable microservices architectures Familiarity with AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Redis, Grafana Experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes #LI-GO1 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. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] for further assistance. CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware-based defenses. Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware. There much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.