Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Software Engineer III role stands out in SaaS because it sits inside an AI-native cybersecurity platform that operates at very high event volume, where reliability and latency are product features. Work on an External Attack Surface Management capability also reflects a broader SaaS trend toward continuous discovery and monitoring products that must stay accurate as customer environments change.
From a career standpoint, the position offers sustained exposure to the mechanics of operating cloud software at scale: distributed systems design, service decomposition, and the observability practices that make multi-tenant platforms supportable. The stack spans Go and Python alongside AWS services, Kafka, Kubernetes, and data stores like Cassandra and OpenSearch, which maps closely to the tooling used across modern SaaS engineering organizations. The mention of AI coding assistants in day-to-day development also signals practical experience with emerging workflow patterns that are increasingly relevant across the sector.
The role is best suited to engineers who like owning backend services end to end, from investigation through implementation, and who value disciplined engineering practices such as testing, metrics, and code review. It should fit someone at a mid-level stage who wants deeper responsibility in distributed cloud systems while collaborating across teams on a security-focused product surface.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
About the Role:
You will be joining the EASM Engineering team a.k.a. CrowdStrike Falcon Surface.
We're looking for a Cloud Software Engineer to join our growing Surface Engineering Team. Our new colleague will be responsible for building globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud ecosystems using Golang & Python. Prior experience with Golang or Python is not required, but will be helpful.
Falcon Surface pinpoints unknown, exposed internet-facing assets so security teams can best secure their digital perimeter. It enables security teams to detect, prioritize, and manage all of their exposed internet-facing assets that are centralized or remote across on-premise environments, subsidiary, cloud and third-party vendors with no agents or deployment required.
More information about Falcon Surface:
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/platform/exposure-management/easm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uIKO848DU
What You’ll Do:
Work-on and enrich backend microservices – From researching areas of concern to implementing the final solution.
Leverage existing CrowdStrike tools and services to build cloud-based systems to help detect targeted attacks.
Brainstorm, Research, Define, Communicate, and Build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
Committed to learning and improving.
Be aware of our customers and the difficulties they face and how we can support them.
A strong focus on Quality of Coding through Best Practices, Testing, Logging and Metrics.
Work in a Collaborating & Agile environment with a small fast-moving team.
Be aware of our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance, and stability.
Leverage AI coding assistants (like Claude CLI) to accelerate development workflows and improve code quality
Be given the autonomy to own your work in a high trust environment.
Tech Stack:
In-depth knowledge of all is not required, but the ability to ramp-up and learn is
required.
What You’ll Need:
Degree in Computer Science (or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
A minimum of 3 years of production-level experience in building, delivering, and maintaining systems at scale
Understanding scalability and distributed systems i.e. sharding, partitioning, concurrency, etc.
Being a team player.
A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
The ability to thrive in a test-driven, collaborative, and iterative programming environment.
The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
Bonus Points:
Experience using AI coding assistants in production environments
Experience developing custom AI tools to automate repetitive coding tasksExisting exposure to Python, Go, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch.
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.
Front-end experience.
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.
CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.
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