Engineering Manager - Production Systems and Automation
CrowdStrike · United Kingdom - London ·
- Seniority
- Lead
- Category
- Management
- Experience
- 3+ years
CrowdStrike · United Kingdom - London ·
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 an Engineering Manager in CrowdStrike’s Production Systems Automation & Development team, you will lead a group of gifted software development engineers responsible for the creation and refinement of tools used to deploy and manage CrowdStrike’s private cloud-native
infrastructure.
The Engineering Manager will play a key role in shaping the architecture and implementation of a stable, scalable and flexible production environment for a growing hyperscaler. You will be responsible for the workload management, well-being, and professional growth of the engineers on your team. You’ll help foster an open and collaborative environment while enhancing the support systems utilized to enable your team’s success.
If you are interested in building and leading a high-performing team tasked with solving new and interesting challenges, this is the job for you!
What You’ll Need:
MS in Computer Science or related field and/or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in software engineering/development as an engineer or technical lead with 2-3+ years of experience in a hands-on people-manager role.
Strong cross-org collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working across a variety of roles including engineering, product/project management, and executive leadership.
Experience working within a large-scale distributed production environment and developing/troubleshooting applications across functional teams.
Solid design and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance. Adept at understanding and curious about new technologies, systems, and tools.
Experience shipping high-quality software in a cloud-native environment.
An energetic self-starter with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
A demonstrated track record leading remote teams and hiring, onboarding, mentoring and developing high-performing software engineers.
Broad knowledge of modern software development methodologies utilizing container orchestration systems (Docker and Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from both a process and tools (such as Jira) perspective, including a talent for planning, tracking, delivering and managing multiple complex projects across teams.
A knack for nailing down details and the ability to empower best practices and drive change throughout an organization.
Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Bonus Points:
Building & scaling distributed systems on large-scale bare metal & virtual data center infrastructure.
A cost optimization and cost-of-goods-sold focus.
Professional Go programming language experience writing scripts/applications for automation, tools, dashboards, and/or alarms.
Scrum or other agile methodology leadership experience
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
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