#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.About the Role:The CrowdStrike Malware Research Center is the core of Falcon’s malware detection and response capabilities. The team has a focus on understanding the threat landscape and sets the target for what Falcon should be identifying and preventing. Additionally, the MRC is responsible for understanding our capabilities, and mapping how well our machine learning and behavioral protection capabilities are doing against those threats. Where there is a gap, the MRC takes action to improve our detection stance, and improve our overall protection story. MRC also performs pathfinding research to enable technology development using innovation, prototyping and bleeding edge machine learning to support our flagship Falcon product. There are many parts of CrowdStrike working towards protecting customer environments, and the MRC works across all of them to ensure we are on target and providing the best protection for our current Threat landscape.What You'll Do:With a challenging role comes the requirement for a skilled professional who can lead efforts at CrowdStrike for best of breed capability. As a principal engineer, you willWork with a team of threat researchers, data scientists, and engineers to create technology and proof of concepts for detection and prevention of current and future threats in enterprise, cloud, mobile IoT and other domains.Work with key decision makers across the organization to develop detection strategy and success metrics for current and future products and technologies.Review and advice on release of key capability in field including new machine learning models and behavioral detectionsMentor researchers to help them gain new skills and be successfulExercise wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches and success criteria for critical assignmentsEffectively communicate within all levels of CrowdStrikeLead, help with or contribute to delivery of projects, and achieving objectives and key results and goalsBe expected to remain hands-on, current and have a vision for the future.Lead the way with effective tooling, prototyping, dashboard creation. Have an absolute understanding of the entire wide gamut of product functionality and features, within a reasonable timeframe.Even though this is an Individual Contributor position, it is a unique role focusing on excellence in supporting the business through scaling out one’s technical expertise, while also focusing on supporting a team of candidates from new college hires to senior engineers. Always demonstrating a team first attitude, will be an expectation.What You'll Need:15+ years industry experience and a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a related fieldSolid interpersonal and communication skills to communicate, along with a strong sense of empathy to help mentor team membersA proven background in using machine learning and artificial intelligence for static and dynamic threat detectionSkilled in reverse engineering around file-less threats, exploits, and other attack techniquesAn excellent knowledge of malware and threat based automation workflows and techniques is required.Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc)Familiarity with security use cases around public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)A working knowledge of using MITRE ATT&CK to describe threat behavioursStrong understanding of file formats for compiled code and scripted filesStrong understanding of machine learning pipelines on premise and in public cloud and how to support machine learning models in the fieldStrong interpersonal communications skills required, with the ability to demonstrate leadership and team building expertise required.Ability to work with large data sets is a must.Strong technical writing skills, and an ability to communicate effectively, crisply and with impact will be required. #LI-VJ1#LI-RemoteBenefits of Working at CrowdStrike:Remote-first cultureMarket leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countriesCompetitive vacation and flexible working arrangementsPhysical and mental wellness programs Paid parental leave, including adoption A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunitiesAccess to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and JhannaOffices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaborationBirthday time-off in your local countryWork with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globeWe are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.CrowdStrike is committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact Recruiting@crowdstrike.com, for further assistance.
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