# Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - Core Platform & Embedded Reliability (Hybrid)

Hiring organization: [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9d64a404-896c-44f8-b763-0cb4cdb16262

Listed on CrowdStrike's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Salary: 140000 – 215000 USD per year

## Summary

A senior systems engineer role focused on building and maintaining the reliability infrastructure that powers CrowdStrike's massive-scale cloud security platform. This suits experienced backend engineers who want to shape architecture across product teams and work on distributed systems challenges without operational ticket management.

_Our summary, not CrowdStrike's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, Go, Google Cloud Platform, Java, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Node.js, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Python, Scala

## Required

- 10+ years building and operating distributed systems and service-oriented backends at scale
- 5+ years developing microservices for a SaaS product in a modern backend language
- Expert-level proficiency in at least one programming language, with expert-level Go or demonstrated ability to reach expert level in Go
- Deep understanding of distributed systems including consensus algorithms, replication, and consistency models
- Proven experience scaling backend systems through sharding, partitioning, and capacity planning
- Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing
- Track record of making impactful architectural decisions at organizational scope
- Strong systems thinking and ability to influence across organizational boundaries
- Command of engineering best practices including testing, code review, and resilient architecture
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative environment
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making and improve efficiency

## Nice to have

- Experience driving reliability improvements in organizations with hundreds or thousands of microservices
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes or large-scale orchestration systems
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Experience delivering services across multiple cloud providers
- Track record of building internal platforms or developer tools
- Experience with infrastructure cost optimization at scale
- Background in performance engineering and profiling
- Experience with chaos engineering or resilience testing
- History of establishing SLO/SLI frameworks and error budgets
- Contributions to open source community
- Prior experience in cybersecurity or intelligence fields

Apply on CrowdStrike's site: https://crowdstrike.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/crowdstrikecareers/job/USA---New-York-NY/Sr-Site-Reliability-Engineer---Core-Platform---Embedded-Reliability--Hybrid-_R29713