CrowdStrike, Inc.
Engineering Manager, Cloud Backend - AI Detection and Response (AIDR) (Hybrid)
USA - Sunnyvale, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$20k-$30kDetected 10 days ago
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About the role
- This is a player-coach role - while your primary focus is leading and growing your team, you will also contribute code, prototype solutions, and stay deeply embedded in the technical work when needed.
- PLEASE NOTE: This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.
- Architecting and driving the evolution of provisioning and orchestration systems that scale seamlessly as AIDR's customer base grows
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers building cloud-native provisioning and orchestration services for the AIDR platform
- Drive architectural decisions for highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems
- Establish and maintain engineering best practices including code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, and operational runbooks
- Manage team capacity, sprint planning, and delivery commitments while balancing technical debt and innovation
- Drive operational excellence - own service reliability, incident response, root cause analysis, and preventive measures for your team's services
- Collaborate with peer engineering managers and architects across CrowdStrike to ensure seamless integration with the broader Falcon ecosystem
- Recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent; conduct performance reviews and support career development
- Remove blockers, shield the team from distractions, and create an environment where engineers do their best work
- Participate actively in design reviews and code reviews, providing meaningful technical guidance and making informed architectural trade-offs
- 10+ years of software development experience building enterprise-grade cloud products, with at least 3+ years in an engineering management role leading backend teams
Requirements
- Strong hands-on coding ability - you can still write production-quality code and are willing to do so when the team needs it
- Familiarity with:
Nice to have
- Cloud architectures and microservices
- Experience with real-time data processing systems (Kafka, Pulsar)
- Familiarity with MS CoPilot Ecosystem and MS Agent Studio
Skills
- Docker, Kubernetes, or similar orchestration platforms
- Message/event systems: Kafka, Pulsar, or similar
- Proven track record of deploying and operating services in cloud environments (AWS/GCP/OCI/Azure)
- Experience managing service reliability, on-call rotations, and incident response processes
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and delivery management
- Bonus Points:
- Previous experience in cybersecurity companies or security-focused products
- Deep understanding of AI/ML security challenges, threats, and mitigation strategies
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure
Compensation
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Own the technical vision and roadmap for customer lifecycle management - onboarding, provisioning, configuration, and orchestration across dependent services
Company info
- 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.
- 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 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.
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