Manager, Engineering - Detections Platform (Remote)

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. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C* servers - 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 also a mission-driven company. We cultivate an inclusive culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. 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 Role:

The Detections Platform group at CrowdStrike is responsible for building the tools, languages and runtimes used by internal teams to create detections and security-focused products. This position will manage a team focused on embeddable execution engines that operate over event streams and the languages and compilers used to program them. The team is currently around a dozen remote US-based engineers and is expected to grow over the course of 2025. 

CrowdStrike is a computer security company, but we do not require candidates for this role to have prior security industry experience.  We will mentor and train in security topics as needed. We do expect a strong interest in CrowdStrike's mission and a willingness to engage with the needs of our product teams and customers.

We don’t expect Engineering Managers to write code on the critical path to shipping features, but you should be able to make sense of the team’s PRs. You'll need to develop in-depth knowledge of our system architecture so that you can reason about our team's work and understand and explain its impact on other teams. 

We are building compilers, runtimes, shared libraries, and other software for CrowdStrike development teams. The team works in Haskell, C++ and some domain-specific languages. Our team's users and stakeholders are internal development groups.

What You’ll Do:

This position will be responsible for managing a team of software engineers. This includes:

• Hiring, interviewing, and occasionally sourcing candidates

• Communicating and coordinating with other teams

• Gathering and communicating status about how and what the team is doing

• Prioritizing work and helping to develop roadmaps with input from stakeholders

• Keeping the team on track

• Triaging customer support and user tickets and building a relationship with those teams

• Balance concrete and immediate use cases with longer term technical strategy

• Helping resolve interpersonal conflicts

• Coaching engineers and guiding their career growth

What You’ll Need:

• A history of leading software teams

• Has been part of a team that shipped code

• Project management experience - you’ve tracked and reported status about a project, and collaboratively adjusted when things went wrong

• Experience interviewing and hiring software engineers

• Good at cross-functional collaboration

• Asks good questions

• Cares about people

• Can understand and explain software architecture

• A history of success supporting, hiring, and advocating for under-represented groups

• Demonstrable English-language speaking and writing skills

Bonus Points:

While not required for this position, we will find any of the following particularly attractive in a candidate:

• Exposure to cross-platform and kernel C development

• Familiarity with Haskell or similar functional languages

• Experience with streaming query systems

• Experience in environments where high levels of safety and confidence are important 

• Experience developing or working with domain-specific languages

• Security industry knowledge or experience

• Familiarity with compiler engineering

• Experience working with and managing distributed remote teams

• Experience at a company that both ships software to users and runs cloud services

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.
 

Right to Work

CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $135,000 - $215,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location.

CrowdStrike Canada ULC is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in Canada is $150,000 - $225,000 CAD per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location.

Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:03-02-2025