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

Senior

$140,000 – $215,000

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

What this role is

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. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

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