About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies that power modern organizations. Since 2011, our unwavering mission has been to stop breaches using the world's most advanced AI-native platform, the Falcon platform. We process nearly 3 trillion events daily across large-scale distributed systems, serving customers in every industry who rely on us to keep businesses running, communities safe, and lives moving forward. Our remote-first culture empowers every CrowdStriker with flexibility and autonomy to own their careers, fostering limitless passion, relentless innovation, and fanatical commitment to customers, community, and each other.

Role Overview

As a Sr. SDET in the Falcon Security Cloud Runtime engineering team in Pune, India, you'll be a key leader building the most innovative cloud security solution. Falcon Cloud Security combines lightweight sensors on cloud workloads with a cloud component that aggregates telemetry, correlates threats across VMs, containers, and serverless functions, and delivers prioritized threat summaries. You'll design test infrastructure, automated tools, and suites for features extending Falcon's visibility, detection, and prevention in Linux, containerized, and Kubernetes environments. Work closely with development teams to ensure robust end-to-end functionality while participating in technical designs and reviews.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Automation

Provide technical leadership in the SDET team, focusing on private/public clouds, VMs, containers, and serverless. Develop automation infrastructure, build tools, drive test strategies, mentor engineers, and champion projects improving cloud runtime sensors.

Quality and Testing Excellence

Participate in best practices like secure coding, CI/CD, performance testing, and OS internals to ensure fast, reliable sensor code. Design and implement test strategies/suites for new capabilities, increasing automated coverage and release velocity/quality.

Collaboration and Innovation

Work with distributed dev, release engineering, and multi-functional teams. Lead initiatives on containers/orchestrators security, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive timely, high-quality cloud sensor releases in environments like AKS, EKS, GKE, and OpenShift.

Qualifications & Requirements

Essential Experience

9+ years hands-on SDET/test automation development. Strong Python, test frameworks, Linux fundamentals (system calls, resource management). Deep containers/Kubernetes knowledge, one+ cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, VMware). C/C++/Go familiarity, Linux user/kernel apps experience.

Advanced Skills

Design flexible automation testbeds mirroring customer cloud nuances. Expertise in quality strategies: automation, manual, performance/scale testing. Ability to lead, mentor, communicate, and collaborate across distributed teams.

Bonus Qualifications

eBPF for security/networking, cybersecurity knowledge, Windows/Mac OS, hypervisors/virtualization.

Benefits & Perks

Joining CrowdStrike means thriving in a mission-driven environment with a remote-first culture. Enjoy competitive salaries estimated at INR 110,000 - 180,000 yearly for this senior role, comprehensive health benefits, flexible work options, professional development resources, and perks supporting work-life balance. Be part of a team redefining cybersecurity with the Falcon platform.

Career Growth

At CrowdStrike, career ownership is key. This Sr. SDET role offers paths to lead larger initiatives, mentor globally, and influence Falcon's evolution. Gain expertise in AI-driven security, cloud-native tech, and scale systems handling trillions of events. Our culture supports relentless innovation, providing autonomy to grow into principal engineering or leadership positions.

Why Join CrowdStrike

Be at the forefront of stopping breaches with the Falcon platform's AI-native power. Work on real-world impact: securing Kubernetes clusters, cloud workloads, and beyond. Our Pune team collaborates globally in a flexible, high-trust environment. If you have passion for cybersecurity innovation and customer success, this is your chance to shape the future.

Role FAQs

What is the experience level required?

9+ years in SDET/test automation, with strong Linux/cloud/container expertise.

Is this role remote?

CrowdStrike embraces a remote-first culture with flexibility, based in Pune, India.

What technologies will I work with?

Python automation, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP), Linux kernel, eBPF, Falcon sensors.

How does CrowdStrike support career growth?

Through autonomy, mentorship, technical leadership opportunities, and mission-aligned projects.

What is the mission?

Stop breaches using advanced AI-native Falcon platform, protecting modern organizations worldwide.