About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike stands as a global leader in cybersecurity, safeguarding people, processes, and technologies that power modern organizations. Since 2011, our unwavering mission has been to stop breaches, redefining security through the world's most advanced AI-native platform, the Falcon platform. We process nearly 3 trillion events daily across large-scale distributed systems, with traffic growing relentlessly. Serving customers across all industries, CrowdStrike ensures businesses run smoothly, communities stay safe, and lives move forward securely. As a mission-driven company, we foster a remote-first culture that empowers every CrowdStriker with flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We're passionate about innovation, customer commitment, and community impact—join us to shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role Overview

The Engineering Manager - Sensor Event Runtime (SER) role is a hybrid position based near our Redmond, WA office (Seattle area), with about two days per week in-office for collaboration. The SER team owns cross-platform C and C++ code at the heart of the Falcon Sensor, handling storage, correlation, filtering, rate-limiting, deduplication, bus instrumentation, and test tooling. These critical capabilities underpin all endpoint security features. Our small, senior team is expanding rapidly amid CrowdStrike's growth. You'll lead hiring, retention, and development while collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, program management, support, and more. Excellent communication is key in our remote-first environment. No prior security experience required—we provide training. Hands-on technical leadership is essential: review PRs, grasp architecture, data flows, APIs, and dependencies to guide impact and troubleshooting. Some U.S. travel (2-3 times/year) for meetings.

Key Responsibilities

As Engineering Manager, you'll manage a team of software engineers with hands-on involvement:

• Prioritize work, manage workload, resourcing, and coordination—know when to say 'no' or 'not yet'.
• Keep the team on track, adapting to surprises.
• Conduct detailed code and design reviews, offering technical guidance.
• Gather and share status updates on team progress.
• Coordinate with teams from individual contributors to executives.
• Triages customer support tickets and build strong relationships.
• Collaborate on roadmap and technical strategy with senior engineers and product managers.
• Balance immediate use cases with long-term strategy.
• Resolve interpersonal conflicts.
• Coach engineers via frequent feedback, guiding career growth.
• Hire, interview, and source top talent.

Qualifications & Requirements

To succeed, bring:

• Prior management of software development teams plus developer experience.
• Systems software work in C++ or C.
• Solid design/problem-solving skills, passion for excellence, quality, security, performance, and elegant solutions.
• Strong collaboration and communication across engineering, product, support, sales engineering.
• Ownership mindset—your team owns the code.
• Interest in CrowdStrike's breach-stopping mission and customer needs.

Develop deep knowledge of system architecture, data flows, APIs, tests, and dependencies. Hybrid in Redmond, WA area; remote-first with global teamwork.

Benefits & Perks

CrowdStrike offers premium compensation and perks:

• Salary range: $140,000 - $237,000 USD/year, reflecting upside potential.
• Hybrid flexibility near Redmond office.
• Remote-first culture with autonomy.
• Training/mentoring in security.
• Impactful role in growing team.
• Cross-functional collaboration opportunities.
• Mission-driven environment with innovation focus.

Career Growth

Grow as a technical leader in a rapidly expanding team. Influence hiring, strategy, and roadmap. Receive coaching resources, frequent feedback, and global exposure. Hands-on involvement builds expertise in Falcon platform and endpoint security. Unbounded impact across reliant teams positions you for advancement in cybersecurity innovation.

Why Join CrowdStrike

Join a company redefining cybersecurity with the Falcon platform's AI-native power. Work on petabyte-scale systems processing 3 trillion daily events. Remote-first culture balances flexibility and collaboration. Mission to stop breaches drives passion. Rapid growth means your leadership shapes the future. No security background needed—bring engineering excellence. Be part of a fanatical commitment to customers, community, and each other.

Role FAQs

Is security experience required?

No, we train on security topics. Strong C/C++ systems experience and management skills are key.

What's the work arrangement?

Hybrid near Redmond, WA: ~2 days/week in-office, otherwise remote-first.

How hands-on is the role?

Technical leader: review code, guide designs, understand architecture—not primary coding.

Salary and location?

$140K-$237K USD/year; Redmond, WA (Seattle area), some U.S. travel.

Team status?

Small, senior, growing—lead expansion.