About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies that power modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has remained unwavering: stop breaches. We've redefined security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform, the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. Processing nearly 3 trillion events daily—and growing—Falcon delivers unmatched visibility and response capabilities. Our customers across all industries rely on us to keep businesses running, communities safe, and lives moving forward. At CrowdStrike, we foster a remote-first culture that emphasizes flexibility, autonomy, and ownership, empowering every CrowdStriker to thrive.

Role Overview

Join the EASM Engineering team, known as CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, as a Software Engineer III on our Surface Engineering Team. This hybrid role in Bucharest, Romania, focuses on building globally distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cloud ecosystems using Golang and Python. Falcon Surface discovers unknown, exposed internet-facing assets, enabling security teams to detect, prioritize, and manage digital perimeters across on-premise, cloud, and third-party environments—without agents or deployments. No prior Golang or Python experience required; we value your ability to ramp up quickly. Work with cutting-edge tech like AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and AI coding assistants in a high-trust, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer III, you'll dive deep into backend development and collaboration:

• Research areas of concern and implement final solutions for backend microservices.
• Leverage CrowdStrike's existing tools to build cloud systems detecting targeted attacks.
• Brainstorm, define, communicate, and build collaboratively across teams.
• Prioritize code quality through best practices, testing, logging, and metrics.
• Continuously improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance, and stability.
• Use AI coding assistants like Claude CLI to accelerate workflows and enhance code quality.
• Own your work autonomously in a fast-moving, small team setting.

Tech Stack Highlights

Ramp up on: Go (Golang), Python, AWS (Redis, S3, EC2, Lambda), OpenSearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Git, Cassandra. In-depth knowledge isn't required—your learning agility is key.

Qualifications & Requirements

We're seeking passionate engineers committed to innovation and customer success:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Minimum 3 years of production-level experience building, delivering, and maintaining large-scale systems.
• Strong grasp of scalability concepts like sharding, partitioning, and concurrency.
• Team player excelling in collaborative, agile, test-driven environments.
• Proven engineering best practices: testing, peer reviews, resilient architecture.
• Ability to deliver high-quality, unit-tested software on time via continuous integration.

Bonus Points: AI coding assistants in production, custom AI tools, Python/Go/AWS/Cassandra/Kafka/Elasticsearch experience, cybersecurity background, front-end skills.

Benefits & Perks

CrowdStrike offers premium compensation as a market leader, including equity awards. Enjoy comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs, competitive vacation and holidays, paid parental and adoption leaves. Access professional development for all levels, employee networks, geographic groups, and volunteer opportunities. Our vibrant, world-class offices and Great Place to Work™ certification create an inclusive culture. We're an equal opportunity employer supporting veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Career Growth

At CrowdStrike, career ownership is core to our remote-first culture. Gain autonomy in a high-trust environment while collaborating on mission-critical projects. Ramp up on advanced tech stacks, contribute to Falcon platform innovations, and grow through relentless focus on learning. Whether deepening cybersecurity expertise or expanding into AI-driven development, you'll have resources and mentorship to advance rapidly.

Why Join CrowdStrike

Join a mission that matters: stopping breaches with the Falcon platform's AI-native power. Be part of a fanatically customer-focused team driving cybersecurity innovation. Our remote-first culture offers flexibility, while hybrid roles like this in Bucharest provide community and top amenities. With limitless passion for innovation, you'll impact global security. The future of cybersecurity starts with you—apply to the Software Engineer III role on the Surface Engineering Team today.

Role FAQs

Q: Is prior Golang/Python experience required? No, but helpful. We prioritize your ability to learn distributed systems quickly.

Q: What's the work setup? Hybrid in Bucharest, Romania, with remote-first flexibility in an agile team.

Q: How does Falcon Surface fit into CrowdStrike? It enhances exposure management, pinpointing assets to secure perimeters agentlessly.

Q: What about salary? Competitive, market-leading with equity; estimated 60-95K EUR based on sector rates.

Q: Career progression? High autonomy, development programs, and growth in cybersecurity innovation.