macOS Engineer - EPP Content (Remote)

Company: CrowdStrike
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: June 2, 2021

Job Description:

At CrowdStrike were on a mission - to stop breaches. Our groundbreaking technology, services delivery, and intelligence gathering together with our innovations in machine learning and behavioral-based detection, allow our customers to not only defend themselves, but do so in a future-proof manner. Weve earned numerous honors and top rankings for our technology, organization and people clearly confirming our industry leadership and our special culture driving it. We also offer flexible work arrangements to help our people manage their personal and professional lives in a way that works for them. So if youre ready to work on unrivaled technology where your desire to be part of a collaborative team is met with a laser-focused mission to stop breaches and protect people globally, lets talk.About the TeamThe EPP Content team is a central part of CrowdStrikes mission - We Stop Breaches." In Content, we research attacker behavior to understand their tools and techniques, and build software to detect and prevent malicious activity. Our goal is to automatically stop the bad guys where possible, and to provide useful visibility and guidance to security analysts when new previously unknown adversary activity occurs. Our detection strategies are often performed directly on the endpoint, and frequently. This ability to leverage a variety of tools across the CrowdStrike stack allows us to accomplish our detection goals while balancing resource utilization and efficacy for our customers. About the RoleCrowdStrike Falcon Host is a two-component security product. One component is a sensor: a driver installed on client machines that observes system activity and recognizes malicious behavior, then provides on-box prevention capability and remote telemetry to the Falcon Host cloud. The sensor processes thousands of events per second to provide deep visibility into operations on the endpoint, and performs rich correlation and computation to identify malicious events and blocks malicious activity.The cloud component aggregates sensor telemetry for each customers network, correlates malicious behavior across multiple machines, and presents our customers operations teams with a prioritized summary of the threats detected in their environments.This is a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE) role in the engineering team that delivers the sensor (lightweight agent) on macOS. SDEs in the team own design and development of core features on the platform. Features will cross-cut most core OS subsystems such as file system, memory, process, and networking. Many features are also built in a way that they will have shared components across Windows and Linux. The team operates under the Agile development principles and ships frequently.ResponsibilitiesDesign and develop macOS software for deployment on serverOwn features from design to deliveryCollaborate with multi-functional team in various physical locationsTroubleshoot issues with the product as reported from customers responsivelyOther projects as assignedWhat Youll Need Can develop high-quality code in C/C++ and can demonstrate that capability, be it through job experience, schoolwork, or contributions to community projects (bonus points awarded for development in Swift)Experience on macOS developing product code with the following characteristics:high concurrency requirements needing strong use of multi-threadinghigh reliability requirementsdetailed requirements on low-level operating characteristics (memory usage, efficient performance, correct conformance to external standards)Experience working on a team to ship major features and releasesAble to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed teamLI-DG1LI-RemoteBenefits of Working at CrowdStrike:Market leader in compensation and equity awardsCompetitive vacation policyComprehensive health benefits 401k plan Paid parental leave, including adoptionFlexible work environmentWellness programsStocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treatsWe are committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives and ways of solving problems so we strive to attract and retain talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.CrowdStrike is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.CrowdStrike participates in the E-Verify program. Notice of E-Verify ParticipationRight to Work

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