Sr. Engineer - InfraEng Observability

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 :

CrowdStrike is hiring a Sr. Engineer - Observability to help take our observability and tracing capabilities to the next level. We are looking for a highly-technical, hands-on Engineer with experience using several open source projects commonly found in large-scale deployments. Our team works to develop infrastructure services to support the CrowdStrike engineering teams' pursuit of a full DevOps model.

What You'll Do :

Ensure a reliable and tested platform that provides comprehensive application performance monitoring and distributed tracing

Architect, test and build a large scale observability platform leveraging Sentry and distributed tracing solutions

Design and implement end-to-end tracing across microservices architecture

Build, test and deliver kubernetes operators

You will participate in 24x7 on-call rotations (monthly or bi-monthly)

Participate in regular retros, capacity and planning meetings with your team, allowing team collaboration and discussions in a high fidelity manner

Be part of 'lunch and learn' demos : for new POCs or design sessions to work out new architectures

Flexible working - with transparent communication, we encourage flexible working and a healthy work life balance

Responsible for reviewing new design proposals from your peers

What You'll Need :

Experience in Observability, with focus on error tracking and distributed tracing (Sentry, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger or similar solutions)

Experience in software development, preferably with building Kubernetes operators using (Python, Bash or Go)

Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments

Experience operating within the cloud, AWS & GCP preferred

Experience with TDD, CI / CD, Chaos Engineering or similar resilience and reliability practices for infrastructure development

8+ years industry experience

Bonus Points :

Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams.

Rock solid communication skills, verbal and written.

A combination of confidence and independence, with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team.

Contributions and involvement in OSS projects

Experience with being on-call

Knowledge of SRE, Devops and Gitops practices

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike :

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 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

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Skills Required

Go, Sentry, Aws, Python, Bash, Tdd, Gcp