Sr. Software Engineer, Vendor Semantics and Developer Experience (Remote)

USA - Remote · Remote · full time · Senior

$145,000 – $220,000

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

What this role is

CrowdStrike is hiring a senior engineer to build systems that ingest, track, and validate API specifications from cloud and security vendors into a canonical knowledge graph. The role suits someone with strong experience in schema parsing and validation who cares about both correctness and making complex internal systems usable for downstream teams.

Our summary, not CrowdStrike’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience parsing, validating, and transforming structured specifications at scale
Proficiency in Go, Rust, and/or Python
Deep experience with API specification formats like OpenAPI, Swagger, Smithy, or JSON Schema
Practical understanding of graph data models and schema evolution implications
Demonstrated instinct for developer experience through building internal tools or SDKs
Correctness-first engineering mindset focused on invariants and edge cases
Experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making and streamline workflows

Nice to have

Experience building systems that track and diff API specification changes over time
Familiarity with semantic web technologies like RDF, SHACL, OWL, or SPARQL
Background in infrastructure, cloud platform engineering, or security tooling
Experience with declarative configuration systems or code generation pipelines
Track record of making complex internal systems more approachable