Principal Engineer

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We're looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.
About the Role:
The CrowdStrike Intelligence team is looking for a Senior Systems Architect to work on our dedicated engineering team, building processing pipelines, information storage systems and presentation layers in support of our world-class team of analysts and researchers.
The collection, processing, and exploration of information at a large scale is at the core of the Intelligence mission at CrowdStrike. The Intelligence Automation team is responsible for prototyping, building and operating the systems that make up our Intelligence pipeline, and we'd like you to join us!
You will use your deep experience in scalable, distributed architectures to design flexible data integration and processing systems in a fast-paced Intelligence environment. In this environment, requirements sometimes shift rapidly, and projects can live anything from weeks to years depending on changes in the surrounding ecosystem. You will be responsible for all aspects of the software you design, from initial design, over hands-on prototyping, overseeing and taking an active part in the actual implementation, down to deployment to production, and ensuring smooth operations. In addition, you will be responsible for proper documentation and training of customers of the systems you design. You will interact regularly with your internal customers to gather requirements, solicit feedback, and validate your results. We are agnostic when it comes to technology stacks, and you will be free to pick the technologies and tools that best fit the purpose at any given time, based on your previous exposure to a wide variety of technologies such as programming languages, database systems, network protocols, queuing and messaging systems, etc.
As a remote employee on a team distributed across various time zones, you will not have direct access to all of your co-workers for your entire workday, so the ability to work unsupervised, communicate asynchronously, and take the initiative in maintaining lines of communication is important. In addition, we are looking for someone who would like to be part of a team who are passionate about their work and go the extra mile to exceed expectations. We love enthusiastic individuals who bring a positive attitude to their work and really care about what they produce for our internal customers.
What You'll Do:

• Integrate into the Intelligence team and gather requirements from Intelligence Analysts and Technical Analysts as internal customers
• Proactively seek out new opportunities to improve and innovate the technology stack of the Intelligence department
• Multi-task across several projects in several stages of design/implementation
• Assume responsibility for the long-term maintenance of both, new and legacy systems
• Competently and confidently contribute to every phase of system life-cycles: from the development of high-level technological visions down to hands-on coding, operations, user support, and migration/cut-over to new products
• Autonomously develop requirements based on anything from vague mission statements to very detailed technical specifications
• Develop systems and autonomously make choices about implementation details, as well as the right balance between rapid development, scalability, and performance+

What You'll Need:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent academic/work experience
• Demonstrated, multi-year experience in both, architecting, and developing scalable distributed systems
• Intimate familiarity with Linux and running services on Linux
• Proficiency in hands-on coding in multiple programming languages
• Ability to maintain and improve existing Go and Python code bases
• A strong desire to guide and mentor software engineers
• Experience developing production-grade software
• Solid knowledge of SQL and No-SQL database systems
• Solid knowledge of cloud technologies
• Solid knowledge of docker and container orchestration
• Ability to communicate technical detail in a simple, top-down manner to both, management and customers
• Ability to independently make sound, justifiable decisions and take action
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work independently and meet deadlines
• Ability to work on a geographically distributed and diverse team

Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with the AWS or GCP cloud ecosystem (e.g. EC2, S3, VPC, ECS)
• Experience developing Web UIs, e.g. Single-Page-Applications (SPA)
• Experience creating scalable and well-documented HTTP APIs
• Experience with malware analysis or software reverse engineering
• Offensive information security experience, e.g. from capture-the-flag (CTF) competitions

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture
• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
• Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits
• Physical and mental wellness programs
• Paid parental leave, including adoption
• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities
• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.
CrowdStrike is committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [email protected] , for further assistance.
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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $130,000 - $200,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location.