CrowdStrikeBackend Engineer III (Hybrid, IND)
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 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:We are seeking an Engineer III to be part of the GDI (Getting Data In) group under NG-SIEM with a focus on data ingestion at petabyte-scale. The group focuses on the data ingestion and onboarding experience for NG-SIEM customers, ingesting several petabytes of data per day across multiple regions from 100+ 1st party and 3rd party data sources.
Data Onboarding is the first critical step for a customer’s journey into NG-SIEM and data volume directly correlates with our ability to detect and hunt threats effectively. Our platform is growing to include all 1st and 3rd party data-sources and needs to scale to support unlimited data ingestion and enable customers to ingest all data without any limits.
You will be driving our vision to achieve a frictionless onboarding experience across hundreds of different data sources, including leveraging AI to build autonomous agents that facilitate seamless data onboarding for our customers.
You will be leading key product initiatives that will require you to collaborate cross-team across other data platforms and product teams in CrowdStrike.
This role is open to candidates located in India, Pune. What You'll Do:
Work on enabling petabyte-scale data ingestion at millions of events per second at sub-second latencies.
Work as part of a cross-functional team including UI, UX and Data Scientists
Solve hard problems in distributed systems, including high availability, reliability, performance and cost optimizations
Develop systems in Go & Scala
Support globally available, multi-region systems in production
Lead and participate in cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
What You'll Need:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining multiple software products/systems/releases, preferably in a SaaS delivery model, across all phases of the development lifecycle.
Fluency in at least one programming language, preferably in Scala or Go.
Can-do attitude, and that you thrive collaborating in a team and are not afraid of taking on responsibilities.
Product focus mindset and strong ownership based on the mindset “you built it, you own it”
Demonstrated track record of operational excellence when operating services that span many components across several geographical regions.
Strong communication skills; working collaboratively and confidently with internal stakeholders.
Strong experience in completing tasks for multiple projects simultaneously.
Work in a team of friendly, trustworthy and knowledgeable colleagues.
Bonus Points:
Experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization
Experience or interest in driving agentic-AI projects
Experience with Commercial clouds (GCP, AWS or Azure)
Prior experience in Cybersecurity
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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
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