Principal Software Engineer - Continuous Identity

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 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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.

We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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
As a Principal Engineer within the Continuous Identity product group, you will spearhead the design, build, and delivery of a groundbreaking self-service product that redefines enterprise identity security and real-time threat detection. Operating in a hands-on capacity, you will architect systems that process petabytes of telemetry at a global scale.

You will drive technical excellence within our cloud product software engineering team, partnering closely with UI and Sensor teams. Thriving in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, you will set the technical direction, mentor top-tier engineering talent, and bring clarity to complex, ambiguous challenges. Your leadership, data-driven mindset, and ability to communicate effectively across all levels—up to senior leadership—will be critical to shaping the future of our platform.

What You'll Do:
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Scale the Platform: Design, develop, and scale an identity data platform processing petabytes of continuous telemetry and behavioral data.

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Drive Cross-Org Architecture: Champion a platform-centric approach, influencing architecture across team and organizational boundaries.

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Own End-to-End Systems: Build and optimize query engines for identity telemetry, policy decisions, scalable distributed architectures, and high-performance data storage frameworks (such as identity graphs).

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Evolve Query Capabilities: Pioneer new ways for internal stakeholders and customers to analyze complex identity relationships and extract real-time insights efficiently.

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Elevate Engineering Standards: Drive code quality, champion advanced testing practices, and integrate agentic development processes and modern AI tools to supercharge team velocity and code standards.

What You'll Need:
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15+ years of software engineering experience with a B.S. in a related field (or equivalent practical experience), including 3+ years of heavy coding experience in Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, or another compiled language.

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Deep production expertise with relational SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Neo4j, Postgres, Cassandra, DynamoDB) tailored for handling complex relationships and temporal data.

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Proven mastery of algorithms, distributed systems design, and cloud-native application development.

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Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

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Exceptional collaboration and leadership skills, with a track record of driving technical alignment across distributed, remote-first teams.

Bonus Points:
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Specialized familiarity with Go or Kubernetes orchestration at scale.

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Domain background in cybersecur