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$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
This role owns and scales CrowdStrike's hyper-scale data systems that process petabytes of security events daily, making that data accessible for analytics and threat hunting. It suits senior engineers with deep expertise in distributed systems, data platforms, and JVM languages who want to work on high-impact infrastructure at massive scale.
Our summary, not CrowdStrike’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Flink
- Apache Spark
- DynamoDB
- Git
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- MySQL
- NoSQL
- Scala
- SPARK
- SQL
- Test-Driven Development (TDD)
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What they ask for
Required
- 10+ years combined backend/cloud development and data platform engineering
- 5+ years building data platforms or features with Apache Spark, Flink, Ray, or custom implementations of Time Series/OLAP/Open Table databases
- 5+ years programming in Java, Scala, Kotlin, or Python
- In-depth knowledge of JVM language or Apache Systems performance tuning
- Proven end-to-end ownership of product/feature design with vague requirements
- Strong expertise in algorithms, distributed systems design, and software development lifecycle
- Large-scale data/event pipeline experience
- SQL and NoSQL database design expertise including Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB
- Test-driven development discipline
- Linux administration proficiency
- BS in technical field or 4+ years commensurate experience
- Effective collaboration with remote teams
- Experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making and workflows
Nice to have
- Go
- Pinot or other time-series/OLAP database
- Iceberg
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- Parquet
- Protocol Buffers/gRPC