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Software Engineer III - Risk Platform (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

Sunnyvale, CA · full time · Senior

$120,000 – $180,000

Listed on CrowdStrike’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Design and build the risk intelligence platform powering CrowdStrike's exposure management capabilities, architecting backend services that process massive security datasets and deliver AI-driven risk insights. This role suits experienced distributed systems engineers comfortable with Golang microservices, cloud infrastructure, and mentoring others in a mission-critical cybersecurity environment.

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What they ask for

Required

7+ years building and maintaining large-scale distributed systems processing high-volume data
Advanced object-oriented programming with strong typing
Microservices architecture and REST API design experience
Cloud infrastructure knowledge with major providers
Distributed systems fundamentals including concurrency and scalability patterns
Message queue experience with Kafka
SQL and distributed caching proficiency
System troubleshooting expertise for complex architectures
Software engineering best practices and testing strategies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience
Strong algorithms and data structures foundation

Nice to have

Machine learning or AI implementation experience
Elasticsearch expertise
Cassandra and wide-column database experience
Graph database knowledge
Cybersecurity industry background or certifications
Docker and Kubernetes proficiency
Open source contributions or technical community involvement