Sr. Engineer, SDET - AI Detection and Response (AIDR) (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

Crowdstrke
Sunnyvale
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 140,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Quality at scale","Debugging","Troubleshooting"]

Build and scale contract and end-to-end test coverage for AI security controls across APIs and distributed systems. Modernize test infrastructure and tooling, design testing patterns for AI-powered detection, and establish efficacy testing with measurable accuracy metrics. Create comprehensive unit/integration/contract/E2E strategies, implement quality telemetry and observability dashboards, and partner with SRE and developers to support reliable deployments in a fast-paced cloud environment.

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Crowdstrke
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Sr. Engineer, SDET - AI Detection and Response (AIDR) (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

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Job Summary

Build and scale contract and end-to-end test coverage for AI security controls across APIs and distributed systems. Modernize test infrastructure and tooling, design testing patterns for AI-powered detection, and establish efficacy testing with measurable accuracy metrics. Create comprehensive unit/integration/contract/E2E strategies, implement quality telemetry and observability dashboards, and partner with SRE and developers to support reliable deployments in a fast-paced cloud environment.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement contract testing frameworks to verify API contracts between system components.
  • •Contribute test strategies across unit, integration, and contract testing layers to improve coverage.
  • •Establish testing patterns and best practices for AI-powered detection and efficacy of models.
  • •Develop end-to-end test scenarios for multi-collector deployments and policy enforcement workflows.
  • •Implement quality telemetry with observability, metrics dashboards, and alerting; collaborate with SRE and developers on playbooks and documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 215,000 annually
Perks:Health Insurance401kPaid LeavePaid ParentalPaid Adoption

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years combined software development and test automation experience, with a track record building quality frameworks and delivering scalable test coverage for enterprise cloud SaaS.
  • •Experience building testing frameworks and tooling for cloud SaaS products.
  • •Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
  • •Expertise in Python, Go, and JavaScript, plus REST, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers (or similar API technologies).
  • •Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), and tools for performance testing and monitoring (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana).
Experience:10+ yearsCybersecurityAI/MLEnterprise SaaSCloudDistributed systems
Skills:Strategic thinkingQuality at scaleDebuggingTroubleshooting
Tech Stack:PythonGoJavascriptRESTGRPCProtocol BuffersPostgreSQLRedisDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCPCI/CDJMeterGatlingNew RelicDatadogPrometheusGrafana

Company Brief

Crowdstrke
Provides cloud-native endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and security operations solutions that prevent breaches and stop sophisticated cyberattacks across endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and APIs for enterprises worldwide.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, United States
Founded: 2011
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