Sr. Engineer - Front End

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:

This is a Front-End Senior Engineer position on our Falcon Cloud Security (FCS) product.

You'll be joining our Cloud Security Product Group supporting the cutting-edge products that protect public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP etc), Kubernetes and Containers and cloud-native workloads. CrowdStrike’s FCS offering will give customers the ability to monitor and track their cloud-native workloads as well as hardening and protecting them against attacks prior to deployment. This offering will help with defending against potential adversary activities involving cloud-native resources.

We are looking for a Technical Lead or Senior Engineer with experiences of leading and mentoring UI engineering team and front-end engineers. You will work with a talented and dedicated team to build and maintain the user interface for the Falcon platform. You will provide a high-quality user experience that our customers around the world use 24/7 to protect their systems from the most sophisticated adversaries.

For technical background, our stack is Ember, but if you've led a team using frameworks like React or Angular, you're the kind of person we're looking for and we'll help get you up to speed. As we support only evergreen browsers, we can push the boundaries of what’s possible on the web as a platform, on top of a system that strips any hyperbole from the term “big data”. In close collaboration with analysts & clients you’ll get to see the apps & visualizations you’re building used every day to hunt for hackers and protect systems.Our ideal candidate will be responsible for taking full ownership of the delivery of our products, driving the technical aspects, helping the team to define the architecture and coordinating with stakeholders in terms of scope and priorities. They are sensitive to the needs of the users and love to find solutions in a unique and dynamic problem space.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain applications written in the Ember framework.
• Participate in the code review process for your own code and that of your fellow UX Engineers
• Take initiative and build tools that improve your teams development experience
• Write automated tests for your code.
• Some travel (project offsites, team get-togethers).
• Develop general understanding of the cybersecurity domain to best support leads and team members.
• Collaborate with fellow UX Engineers, Cloud Engineers, UX Designers, UX Writers, Technical Writers, User Researchers, QA Analysts, Product Managers, and others
• Continually learn about the ever-evolving challenges and complexities of the cybersecurity industry
• Have fun solving hard problems.
  
  

What You’ll Need:

• 4-6 years of tech lead or senior engineering experiences for front-end development teams.
• Clear communication, proactive planning and risk management toward team goals.
• Experience of developing and mentoring junior engineers.
• A desire to collaborate closely with users, designers, & testers to deliver quality software that solves problems.
• A deep understanding of JavaScript and considerable experience building thick-client applications with modern frameworks such as Ember, AngularJS, Backbone or React/Flux.
• Experience with testing frameworks, tools and methodologies such as PlayWright, QUnit, Mocha & Selenium.
• Functional knowledge & interest in developing genuinely accessible interfaces.
• Strong HTML & CSS skills, with bonus points for experience with animation, knowledge of approaches to scalable/modular CSS, & preprocessors such as SCSS & LESS.
• Familiarity with client-side build processes & tools - Grunt, Gulp, Ember CLI etc
• Comfortable with Git/version control workflows.
  
  

Bonus Points:

• Experience in commercial SaaS product development.
• Experience creating or contributing to open-source projects.
• Experience with graphics & visualization tools such as D3 or Keylines.
• Interest & experience with design & data visualization.
• Experience with UI performance measurement and optimization
• Experience with web accessibility testing and support
• Prior experience in cybersecurity
  
  

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
  
  

CrowdStrike 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.

CrowdStrike 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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Bonus Points:

• Experience in commercial SaaS product development.
• Experience creating or contributing to open-source projects.
• Experience with graphics & visualization tools such as D3 or Keylines.
• Interest & experience with design & data visualization.
• Experience with UI performance measurement and optimization
• Experience with web accessibility testing and support
• Prior experience in cybersecurity