Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer II

at CrowdStrike

• Job title: Senior Backend Engineer II
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $160,000 - $250,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Distributed Systems, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Scala, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• CrowdStrike seeking Sr. Backend Engineer II for backend capabilities and growth in scalable systems. Responsibilities include leading engineering efforts and troubleshooting critical production issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products
• Design, develop, document, test, deploy, operate and enhance large-scale, resilient and fault-tolerant services
• Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables
• Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
• Troubleshoot critical production issues during on-call rotations and implement solutions
• Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations
• Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend and data storage technologies and our system
• Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
• Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js or Python (We use Go)
• 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
• Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture
• The ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment
• The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a broad pipeline of services
• The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration

Benefits

• 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