Engineer III, Cloud SDET - Endpoint (Hybrid, Sunnyvale) (Cloud)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States; hybrid work with 2–3 days per week on-site

Base salary: $120,000–$185,000 per year, plus potential bonuses, equity grants, and benefits.

Company

CrowdStrike develops AI-native cybersecurity products that protect organizations from breaches and process large-scale security event data.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks for distributed cloud services and endpoint agent software.
• Develop test strategies for security-critical features, emphasizing reliability, accuracy, and performance at scale.
• Review technical designs for testability, security implications, and edge cases.
• Create cloud-based test infrastructure simulating real-world deployment scenarios.
• Build tools for testing agent-cloud interactions, data processing pipelines, and API integrations.
• Analyze production issues, prevent regressions with automated tests, and mentor engineers on security-conscious testing practices.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of combined experience as an SDET or backend developer, including 3+ years building testing frameworks and tooling for cloud SaaS products.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in at least one of Go, Python, Java, C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Deep understanding of cloud architectures, microservices, REST, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and comparable API technologies.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis, or similar data storage systems.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or similar container and orchestration technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and testing in AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud environments.
• Strong debugging skills for complex distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud performance testing and monitoring tools such as JMeter, Gatling, New Relic, Datadog, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience testing security products, endpoint agents, or EDR solutions.
• Knowledge of endpoint security, threat detection, MITRE ATT&CK, and common security vulnerabilities.
• Experience with real-time data processing systems such as Kafka, Storm, or Spark.
• Contributions to open-source security tools or testing frameworks.
• Experience with chaos engineering, resilience testing, threat detection, incident response, or security operations.
• Experience building developer-friendly testing tools and frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a hybrid office environment.
• Health and mental wellness programs, paid vacation and holidays, and paid parental and adoption leave.
• Professional development opportunities, employee networks, geographic groups, and volunteer opportunities.
• Office amenities and a collaborative culture focused on responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.
• Benefits package includes health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off; bonus and equity eligibility may apply.