CrowdStrike is a global cybersecurity leader with an advanced cloud-native platform for protecting endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data. Backed by Accel, ICONIQ and IVP.
About the role
This is a backend engineering position on the Spotlight platform team. You will design, build, and operate the cloud-native services and infrastructure that power CrowdStrike's endpoint vulnerability assessment capabilities at global scale. This role requires a strong focus on distributed systems, service reliability, scalability, and cloud architecture across AWS and GCP. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ 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
More about this role
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...
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