# Sr. Engineer Engineer – Cloud, Core API (Hybrid) at CrowdStrike

- Company: CrowdStrike
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: http://www.crowdstrike.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: USA - Sunnyvale, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $215K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://crowdstrike.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/crowdstrikecareers/job/USA---Sunnyvale-CA/Sr-Engineer--Engineer---Cloud--Core-API--Hybrid-_R30321?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crowdstrike-sr-engineer-engineer-cloud-core-api-hybrid/

## About the role

You’ll be joining the cloud backend team in the Platform product group responsible for APIGW (API Gateway team) and API’s. An API gateway is a very critical component which provides centralized handling of API communication between Multiple Microservices. API Gateway is responsible for tasks such as traffic management, authentication and authorization, monitoring and API versioning. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
- The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
- The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges
- Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
- Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crowdstrike-sr-engineer-engineer-cloud-core-api-hybrid/