Sr. Engineer - Cloud Backend (Hybrid) - Sunnyvale

Crowdstrke
Sunnyvale
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 140,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Software quality"]

Design and build high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs for the Spotlight platform team powering scan-less endpoint vulnerability assessment at global scale. Architect cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and GCP, build Kafka-based event streaming pipelines, and drive reliability through profiling, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Partner with security researchers to deliver integrated capabilities and productionize agentic reasoning with guardrails for latency, cost, correctness, and evaluation.

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Sr. Engineer - Cloud Backend (Hybrid) - Sunnyvale

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Job Summary

Design and build high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs for the Spotlight platform team powering scan-less endpoint vulnerability assessment at global scale. Architect cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and GCP, build Kafka-based event streaming pipelines, and drive reliability through profiling, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Partner with security researchers to deliver integrated capabilities and productionize agentic reasoning with guardrails for latency, cost, correctness, and evaluation.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs for the platform.
  • •Architect and operate cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and GCP, including services such as S3, SQS, and Kubernetes/KEDA.
  • •Build and maintain Kafka-based event streaming pipelines for near-real-time vulnerability event processing.
  • •Own service reliability through performance profiling, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
  • •Productionize agentic capabilities, taking ownership of latency, cost, correctness, and evaluation while adding safety guardrails for enterprise customers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 215,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •8-12 years of backend engineering experience.
  • •Production experience with Golang/Java and distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
  • •Hands-on AWS cloud experience (including S3 and SQS) and strong database skills (Cassandra, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Redis, or similar).
  • •Experience with Kafka (or other event streaming platforms) for near-real-time event processing.
  • •Experience using AI/agentic technologies in production, plus effective communication and software quality practices (unit tests, code review, CI).
Experience:8+ years
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationSoftware quality
Tech Stack:GolangJavaAWSGCPS3SQSKubernetesKEDAKafkaCassandraElasticsearchOpenSearchRedisAnthropicOpenAISplunkGrafanaLogScaleTerraformCDK

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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