Senior Software Engineer - Windows Vulnerability Research & Detection

November 7

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CrowdStrike

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Next-Generation Endpoint Protection • Endpoint Detection and Response • Next Generation Anti-Virus • Managed Threat Hunting • Incident Response

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2011

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Description

• Design and build detection logic and systems leveraged across teams within CrowdStrike to detect cyber attackers and stop breaches. • Extend our existing codebase and test suites utilizing C, C++, Python, and other tools as appropriate. • Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively across multiple teams. • Build proof of concept triggers that can exercise common vulnerabilities and exposures. • Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team. • Deliver and accept feedback with grace and courtesy. • Troubleshoot issues within the product when necessary, assisting customer support, test breaks, and release blockers. • Leverage your understanding of engineering best practices, including topics like secure coding, testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure clean, supportable coding practices. • Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ who is empowered to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a team.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education in computer science, engineering, or information security OR five (5) years of equivalent experience. • 5+ years of experience with any of the following; vulnerability research, analysis, and exploitation techniques, attack surface analysis and risk management, or software instrumentation, testing, and code coverage analysis • Low-level OS knowledge of Windows operating system internals, components, APIs, and design. • Proficiency in multiple programming languages including C, C++, and Python as well as familiarity with multiple processor architectures • Experience in network and packet capture analysis • Knowledge of cyber security practices, challenges, tools, and techniques • Team player – able to lead, mentor, communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a globally distributed team.

Benefits

• Remote-first culture • Market leader in compensation and equity awards • Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements • Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits • Physical and mental wellness programs • Paid parental leave, including adoption • A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities • Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration