$160,000 – $250,000
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 engineer role developing the lightweight Linux sensor component of CrowdStrike's endpoint detection platform, working on core operating system features like file system and networking with cross-platform considerations. This suits experienced systems programmers who have debugged low-level issues and want to contribute to high-performance security infrastructure handling trillions of daily events.
Our summary, not CrowdStrike’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Deep knowledge of C/C++
- Extensive understanding of Linux OS internals
- Experience debugging memory corruption issues and performance bottlenecks
- Demonstrated experience delivering major features and releases collaboratively
- Leadership, mentoring, and communication skills in distributed teams
- Experience using AI technologies to enhance workflows and decision-making
Nice to have
- Background developing scalable, lightweight, high-performance systems
- Deep expertise in core OS concepts and subsystems
- Agile methodology experience
- Security principles knowledge
- eBPF experience