As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike 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 Crowd Strike 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 Crowd Striker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers 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:

This is a Software Engineering Manager role in the Cloud Runtime Protection team that builds the core of the Crowd Strike Falcon platform: the lightweight sensor. You will be at the forefront of securing the next generation of cloud-native and AI workloads and will be leading a team which leverages cutting-edge technologies like eBPF, and designs and implements critical, high-performance features in the sensor. Your innovations will extend the Falcon platform's unparalleled power to deliver seamless visibility, advanced detection, and robust prevention for the emerging threat landscape of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning infrastructure running across millions of systems in dynamic environments like Kubernetes. Join us to defend the cloud's most sensitive, mission-critical operations.

What You'll Do:

• Lead a world class team build comprehensive highly scalable and highly performant linux runtime security solutions for Cloud and AI workloads deployed at scale

• Engage and influence cutting edge security designs of Major Cloud & AI service Providers through Crowdstrike's engineering partnerships

• Ensure systems and components reliability and performance through monitoring, testing, and debugging. Lead debugging product issues found through test or customer cases to identify root cause and use the input to improve tests.

• Work closely with your team to support and continue a culture of high product quality and excellence. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate sensor and cloud solutions.

• Work collaboratively with product and release management to control risk, improve quality, and streamline our release cycles

• Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to team members.

• Participate in engineering best practices, including topics like secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance measurement, code reviews, CI/CD and OS internals, to ensure that our sensor code is fast and reliable

• Lead strategic technical initiatives focusing on AI workloads, VMs, Containers and Orchestrators security in multiple public and private cloud environments

• Other projects as assigned

What You'll Need:

• 10+ years of experience working and managing product features on Linux or Unix in C/C++ with the following characteristics:

• high concurrency requirements needing strong use of multi-threading

• high reliability requirements

• detailed requirements on low-level operating characteristics (memory usage, efficient performance, correct conformance to external standards)

• Experience in leading, mentoring and growing a team of highly skilled engineers

• Experience developing production eBPF code for security or networking

• Experience in programming cloud native workload using public cloud platforms, Private Cloud Platforms and container technologies (like Kubernetes, Docker…)

• Experience leading a team to ship major features and releases

• Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team

Benefits of Working at Crowd Strike:

• 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

Crowd Strike 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.

Crowd Strike 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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