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CrowdStrike

USA - New York, NY; United States of America

Backend Engineer III, Data Onboarding, NG-SIEM (Hybrid)

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Level
Senior
Experience
7+ years
Work style
Hybrid
Full-time
Pay
$120k to $185k

At a glance

The role in plain English

This Backend Engineer III role is part of the Data Onboarding Team for NG-SIEM at CrowdStrike. The position focuses on enabling large-scale third-party data ingestion, supporting petabyte-scale data flows and high event rates. The day-to-day involves developing distributed systems in Go, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting production systems. The role suits experienced backend engineers with a background in distributed systems and data pipelines, comfortable working in a hybrid setting.

What you'll do

  • Enable large-scale data onboarding for NG-SIEM customers
  • Develop and maintain distributed systems in Go
  • Collaborate with UI, UX, and Data Science teams
  • Support globally available, multi-region production systems
  • Lead or participate in cross-team platform initiatives

What they're looking for

Essential

  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ years software engineering experience
  • Experience with distributed system architecture and scalability
  • Fluency in at least one programming language, preferably Go

Nice to have

  • Experience with agentic-AI projects
  • Experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
  • Prior cybersecurity experience
  • Mentoring or guiding other engineers

Core skills

  • Go
  • Distributed systems
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Cloud platforms
  • AI technologies
  • Software architecture

The shape of the job

Technical depth

4/5

FoundationalSpecialist

Pace

3/5

SteadyFast-moving

Ownership

4/5

GuidedSelf-directed

Teamwork

4/5

Heads-downHighly collaborative

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  1. 01Describe your experience designing distributed systems for high-scale data ingestion.
  2. 02How have you used Go to solve backend engineering challenges?
  3. 03Explain a time you optimised a system for high availability and low latency.
  4. 04How have you collaborated with cross-functional teams on platform-level initiatives?

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike provides cybersecurity solutions and operates a large-scale AI-native platform for threat detection and response.

Full job descriptionAs published by CrowdStrike

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:

We are seeking an Engineer III to be part of the Data Onboarding Team under NG-SIEM. The group focuses on enabling 3rd party data ingestion and onboarding experience for NG-SIEM customers, ingesting several petabytes of data per day across multiple regions from 100+ 3rd party data sources.

Data Onboarding is the first critical step for a customer’s journey into NG-SIEM and data volume directly correlates with our ability to detect and hunt threats effectively. Our platform is growing to include all 1st and 3rd party data-sources and needs to scale to support unlimited data ingestion and enable customers to ingest all data.

You will be part of a team and enable our vision to achieve a frictionless onboarding experience across hundreds of different data sources, including leveraging AI to build autonomous agents that facilitate seamless data onboarding for our customers.

You will be contributing to key product initiatives that will require you to collaborate with team members on platform-level initiatives, with opportunities to contribute and grow into leading cross-team platform initiatives across CrowdStrike.

This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at the posted location.

What You'll Do:

  • Work on enabling data onboarding so customers can ingest petabyte-scale at millions of events per second at sub-second latencies.
  • Work as part of a cross-functional team including UI, UX and Data Scientists
  • Solve hard problems in distributed systems, including high availability, reliability, performance and cost optimizations
  • Develop systems in Go
  • Support globally available, multi-region systems in production
  • Lead and participate in cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects

What You'll Need:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining multiple software products/systems/releases, preferably in a SaaS delivery model, across all phases of the development lifecycle.
  • Fluency in at least one programming language, preferably Go.
  • Experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization
  • Can-do attitude, and that you thrive collaborating in a team and are not afraid of taking on responsibilities.
  • Product focus mindset and strong ownership based on the mindset “ you built it, you own it ”
  • Experience with streaming systems like apache kafka, transaction db’s, docker and k8s
  • Strong communication skills; working collaboratively and confidently with internal stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to prioritize and deliver across multiple concurrent workstreams without sacrificing quality.
  • Work in a team of friendly, trustworthy and knowledgeable colleagues.
  • Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

  • Experience or interest in driving agentic-AI projects
  • Experience with Commercial clouds (GCP, AWS or Azure)
  • Prior experience in Cybersecurity
  • Experience mentoring or informally guiding other engineers on technical design or code quality

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements. 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. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $120,000 - $185,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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