Backend Engineer III (Hybrid)

Company: CrowdStrike
Company: CrowdStrike
Location: India - Pune
Commitment: Full time
Posted on: 2026-07-13 06:45
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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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 RoleJoin our Falcon Exposure Management team as we evolve our Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) capabilities. You'll architect and develop cloud-native solutions that help organizations discover, inventory, and assess their digital attack surface at scale by correlating asset data with comprehensive risk intelligence — including vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and threat indicators. A key part of the platform is building integration frameworks that connect with a wide range of third-party security vendors, cloud providers, and enterprise tools, producing a unified view of organizational risk from disparate data sources across the security ecosystem.You'll also contribute to AI-native engineering practices on the team — applying LLMs and agentic workflows to improve engineering velocity, code quality, and the team's ability to deliver complex backend work reliably and at pace.Learn more about Falcon Exposure Management: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/platform/exposure-management/ Location - Pune - HybridWhat You'll Do:Design and implement scalable microservices for the CAASM platform that unify asset discovery with risk assessmentBuild robust APIs and data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and correlate asset data with vulnerability feeds, threat intelligence, and security findings from multiple sourcesDevelop integration frameworks that ingest data from a wide range of third-party security vendors, cloud providers, and enterprise toolsOptimize system performance to handle enterprise-scale asset discovery, vulnerability correlation, and risk assessment at speedDevelop APIs that enable seamless integration with existing security orchestration and GRC workflowsApply LLMs and agentic workflows to enhance engineering productivity and code quality, with a strong focus on safe, reliable, production-ready outcomesDesign appropriate guardrails, validation, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints for any agentic workflow you build or operateBe part of a global team of highly skilled and passionate engineers, building and maintaining cloud servicesCollaborate across teams to brainstorm, research, and build solutions driven by our product roadmapUnderstand business and engineering requirements and proactively share ideas and solutionsMaintain a strong focus on quality through best practices, testing, logging, and metricsMentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making across the teamOwn your work end-to-end in a high-trust environmentWhat You'll Need:A minimum of 5+ years of production-level experience building, delivering, and maintaining systems at scaleStrong proficiency in Go, Python, or Java with experience in distributed systemsHands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code toolsExperience with event-driven architectures and message queuing systemsFamiliarity with data correlation techniques and complex relationship modelingExperience with data mapping and transformation languages (CEL, JSONPath, or similar expression languages)Background in building high-throughput data processing systems and ETL pipelines (good to have)Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomesAgentic & LLM experience:Working knowledge of LLMs and agentic loops — practical experience designing or operating agents that invoke tools and act on real dataUnderstanding of ReAct and related agentic patterns (planning, reflection, tool use) and when each is the right choiceA clear grasp of the non-deterministic nature of LLM outputs and how to engineer around it: structured outputs, schema validation, retries, self-checks, and graceful fallbacksAbility to design policies and guardrails around tool invocations — Experience designing safe and reliable agentic workflows.Hands-on use of frontier-model SDKs (Anthropic, OpenAI, or similar) and AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Copilot, ChatGPT) in daily workflows, with a realistic view of their capabilities and limitationsBonus Points:Previous experience in cybersecurity, vulnerability management, or GRC domainsExperience with graph databases and complex data modeling for security use casesExperience with evaluation and observability tooling for agentic systems.Experience with RAG pipelines, vector stores, or retrieval-augmented agentsTrack record of applying GenAI/LLM technologies to accelerate engineering workflows in measurable ways#LI-DP1Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike: Market leader in compensation and equity awardsComprehensive physical and mental wellness programsCompetitive vacation and holidays for rechargePaid parental and adoption leavesProfessional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or roleEmployee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connectionsVibrant office culture with world class amenitiesGreat 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.If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@crowdstrike.com for further assistance.
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