Sr. Software Engineer - Falcon Fusion Product (Hybrid)

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 Fusion is seeking a Senior‑to‑Principal (Level 7) backend software engineer to build out platform products which provide core orchestration and workflow capabilities to all users of CrowdStrike’s Flagship offering, the Falcon Platform. Fusion – a core “tier one” offering in our Flagship Platform, Falcon – is used by customers to automate 80% of breach remediation actions with the Falcon Platform. It also serves as a runtime engine of Foundry, a sibling product which gives the Falcon Platform users access to our whole suite of components as well as exposed APIs for a plethora of our security partners to instantly create custom‑purpose “Frankenstein” security apps by configuring selections in just a handful of dropdown menus. Fusion is among the most heavily used products in CrowdStrike’s Falcon product suite. This role is for an experienced backend microservices developer adept with cloud engineering principles, user‑facing feature design and development or fine‑grained auth expertise, and experience with plenty of custom‑API development as well as high‑scale events processing on a message queue like Kafka. Your passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability will be key ingredients to your success here at CrowdStrike. What You’ll Do Build highly fault‑tolerant Golang microservices to add features and functionality to our Fusion product and its supporting ecosystem Support ultra‑high volume Kafka event pipelines managing our customer workflows Work with industry‑leading technologies like Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis and more Work on cross‑team platform‑level initiatives and projects Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement solutions What You’ll Need Experienced building streaming platforms at scale (we process over a trillion events per day) At least 7 years of overall applicable experience in a technical role (average 10–16years) 5+ years of recent experience building an event‑driven, microservices‑oriented architecture Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js, or Python Proven expertise in building distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs Production experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience Experience using both SQL and No‑SQL databases Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision‑making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes Bonus Points Knowledge of Knative or similar open‑source serverless infrastructure frameworks Contributed to the open‑source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging) Master’s degree in computer science or related field Golang experience Prior experience with cybersecurity 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. 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The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $140,000–$215,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off. #J-18808-Ljbffr CrowdStrike