Software Engineer II, Cloud - Dublin (Hybrid)

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 building the next generation of our UI foundation for CrowdStrike's platform called Kestrel which includes new UI and backend features to help customers 'Stop the Breach' by unifying data across security domains, streamlining access to the most important security information, and allowing users to more effectively personalize their user experience by role. You will play a key role in innovating, building and maintaining critical backend features in support of the Kestrel platform. Bring your experience in distributed technologies, your great API and systems design sensibilities, and your passion for writing code that performs at high scale. Your work will enable hundreds of our UI engineers spread across dozens of feature teams to build the experience customers need to keep pace with and respond to adversaries by leveraging the power of the CrowdStrike platform in the most effective manner for their respective teams. You will be working with multiple backend teams, core service teams, and UI + backend feature teams to bring this new feature to life. If this sounds like the challenge for you and you have the experience + technical skills that reflect your readiness, submit your resume and let's have a conversation. PLEASE NOTE: This role is open to candidates based within 30 miles of Dublin, only. While the position is fully remote for now, CrowdStrike plans to open a Dublin office (within the next 18-24 months). Once the office is established, we anticipate a hybrid working arrangement of approximately 2 -3 days per week in office . What You’ll Do: Design, develop, document, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale services. Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables. Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations. Mentor other engineers on web and backend engineers on use of our feature services. Constantly re-evaluate our products to improve architecture, testing coverage, knowledge models, user experience, performance, observability and stability. Partner with product teams in understanding their needs, work with PM to document the new requirements, and implement those new features within our feature services Participate in on-call responsibilities for the sustainment and maximizing the availability of the service What You’ll Use: Go (Golang) Python GIT Cassandra Kafka OpenSearch Kubernetes Postgres Redis AWS Cloud What You’ll Need: Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems). 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. Solid 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 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. Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes. Bonus Points: Existing exposure to Go,AWS, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch. Experience working on security products. #LI-GO1 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. 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