Engineer III - Content Systems

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 also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. 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 looking to hire a Content System Engineer focused on helping develop our content development and release platform which supports many teams to deliver valuable information to Customers. You will be a part of the Falcon Exposure Management team and help build the systems that:

• Acquiring, Transforming into vulnerability management required logic and format and Ingest third party data into the CrowdStrike platform from multiple sources. Build, manage, expand Internal tool which curates internal (homegrown contents) and ingests into the platform. Build, manage and expand the capabilities of automated tools for providing Vulnerability Remediation information.

• Build, manage and expand the capabilities of a release system which should automate the process of releasing data in multiple streams of CrowdStrike platforms. Build, manage, expand capabilities of improving metadata for a given vulnerabilities and smooth out the process of delivering the information to multiple teams. Build, manage, and expand capabilities of multiple in house tools which ease out the process of validation of content system, its features and functionality.

• Design and architect the various models for continuous improvements which should ease the release process, improve quality of the data, improve performance of systems and its capabilities.

• The team plays an important role in ensuring our products have the best data available for customers to act upon vulnerabilities. You will interact with product managers and other engineers in building both internal and external facing services.

The Platform:

CrowdStrike Falcon is a two-component security product. One component is a “sensor”, which is a lightweight agent installed on client machines that observes system activity and recognizes malicious behavior, then provides on-box prevention capability and remote telemetry to the Falcon cloud. The cloud component aggregates sensor telemetry for each customer’s network, can correlate malicious behavior across multiple machines, and presents our customers’ operations teams with a prioritized summary of the threats detected in their environments.

The Product:

Falcon Spotlight is the industry’s first scanless endpoint vulnerability assessment solution, delivering real-time, zero-impact assessments of endpoint security posture. Falcon Spotlight adds preparation and readiness to the unparalleled prevention, detection and response provided by the Falcon platform, resulting in a stronger security posture and unprecedented breach protection.

What You'll Do:

• Help define, build, and maintain our Content Management System to deliver detections and actionable information to various teams in CrowdStrike.

• Work with industry-leading technologies like Kafka, MySQL, Elastic Search.

• Work on cross-team initiatives and projects

• Troubleshoot critical production and customer issues.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience

• 7+ years of relevant work experience

• Proficient in GoLang/Python

• Strong proficiency in writing complex SQL queries, optimizing query performance, and understanding query execution plans.

• Knowledgeable of in-memory data structures and algorithms complexity analysis.

• Experience in messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka

• Hands on experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization

• Operational experience in the maintenance of content systems

• Experience working in Linux environments

Bonus Points:

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes based development and orchestration.

• Contributed to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)

• Experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

• 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.