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Backend Engineer III, LogScale Language and Runtime (Remote, East Coast)

CrowdStrike, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

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CrowdStrike About The Role CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Engineer III for our NG-SIEM Product Group to work on the LogScale platform. As a member of the LogScale Language & Runtime team you will focus on the LogScale query language and its execution pipeline, from extending the query language to improving performance of existing functions. This is a highly distributed system that ingests 10+ petabytes of data per day. Our goals are to scale to 100s of PB of data ingress per day, while maintaining best-in-class ingest, search and detection SLAs, as well as best-in-class cost structure. You will join a distributed team of highly collaborative engineers who share a strong passion for the product and work on hard engineering problems that do not have well-defined solutions. You will become one of the go-to experts of the LogScale language and its execution model, with a broad understanding of the entire LogScale architecture. Teams in LogScale have autonomy and own a part of the LogScale experience, from ideation and development to deployment and feedback. This includes ensuring high quality features by writing automated tests and performing manual tests. We monitor new features in production with LogScale dashboards. What You’ll Do

Work in a distributed team of friendly, trustworthy and knowledgeable colleagues

Collaborate on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects

Participate in scoping, designing and developing new features and lead delivery of solutions to open-ended problems

Improve the experience of users of the language

Develop the LogScale backend in Scala and extend our product to scale with increasing ingest load while ensuring high availability

Communicate technical decisions through design documents, talks and improved internal documentation

Provide technical advice on decisions and research new technologies

Provide expertise on the LogScale query language

Collaborate within the team on delivery of new solutions and support teammates through code reviews, pairing, documentation, design reviews and technical guidance

Monitor and follow up on features released to customers on-prem and on cloud

Troubleshoot critical production issues on customer deployments

What You’ll Need

A passion for or interest in distributed systems and curiosity about how running systems operate

Experience in software development with the ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term product goals

Experience contributing to broad technical leadership in products or services

Fluency in both functional and object-oriented programming and ability to pick up new languages

A can-do attitude and ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment

Bonus Points

Experience programming in Scala

Experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Experience with compilers and language design

Hands-on experience in large-scale distributed system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization

Exposure to or experience with Log Management or cybersecurity products

Benefits

Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

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

Employee networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities

Vibrant office culture with world-class amenities

Great Place to Work Certified across the globe

CrowdStrike is 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. We comply with applicable equal employment opportunity laws and provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. For assistance, contact recruiting@crowdstrike.com. Salary: The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $120,000 - $180,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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