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 Team
The CrowdStrike UI Developer Experience team (UIDX) is responsible for improving developer productivity by reducing friction through tools and processes. We currently support over 250 UI engineers who build and maintain our internal and external software products. These products are leveraged by our customers 24/7 to protect their systems from the world's most sophisticated cybersecurity adversaries.
UIDX provides the systems, infrastructure, and tooling that enables UI engineers to build, test, deploy, and activate features in our applications, including:
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Tools and processes for dealing with errors or incidents.
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Build processes, both local and in Continuous Integration (CI).
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Tools for troubleshooting and debugging production systems.
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Local development: setup, running, making changes to code.
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Monitoring and maintaining speed and stability of automated changes through CI pipelines.
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Enabling UI engineering teams to provide sufficient automated test coverage.
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Facilitating cross-team collaboration during development - e.g. code dependencies and shared libraries.
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Ease of deployment, activation, rollback, and deactivation of features.
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Configuration and administration of UI systems - e.g. code repositories, build pipelines, error reporting, etc.
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Documentation and training for all the above.
As a member of the UIDX team, you will be part of a culture that promotes a "safe space" for your continued career growth:
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We believe that a highly diverse team can solve the most challenging problems, and therefore encourage individuals to bring their whole selves to work - interests, backgrounds, demographics, joys and concerns.
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We promote and model healthy habits for work/life balance, and fully leverage paid leave judgment-free.
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We aren't afraid to have difficult conversations through a lens of understanding, and we work across teams to find solutions that are the best fit for our organization.
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We encourage our team to continuously learn and grow, through formal training and peer mentorship.
We support each other when we struggle, we lift each other up when we win.
About the Role
The UIDX team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on supporting releases, observability, and cross-team technical support of our UI engineering teams. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for the workload management, wellbeing, and professional growth of your team. You’ll help foster an open and collaborative environment and support systems to help your team succeed.
At CrowdStrike, we believe all our Engineering Managers should have a strong coding background. You should be comfortable reviewing code, and you will be expected to understand and contribute to architectural discussions.
What you'll do
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Lead a team of engineers within these areas of focus:
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Release management: Preparing, coordinating, and executing scheduled releases for UI Engineering teams.
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Observability: UI build metrics and dashboards for DORA, code coverage, build performance and stability, error detection (e.g. Sentry).
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Engineering Support: Provide daily support for UI Engineering teams with DX-related issues (builds, tooling, PRs, documentation, training, etc.)
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Manage team workload, project resourcing & coordination in a fast-paced, highly distributed environment.
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Support wellbeing of team members - providing support & guidance focused primarily on resourcing, progress, and soft skills.
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Gather feedback from others, provide coaching as needed & in collaboration with senior engineers to advance team member skill sets.
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Build a team - leading and coordinating recruitment process from initial contact to offer
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Maintain visibility into the product roadmap and share that information back to other managers and team members.
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Participate in team activities, such as roadmap planning, to prioritize projects on the roadmap based on availability of humans to do the work and business objectives that need to be met.
What you'll need
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Experience managing a cadenced release process: RC creation, validation, approval, release.
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Experience managing a support-focused process with a regular stream of incoming requests from multiple teams.
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Experience with observability and DORA metrics, including dashboards.
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Strong engineering track-record focusing on front-end development & technologies. (JS/TS/CSS/HTML) and modern frameworks and approaches.
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Experience with front end frameworks such as React, Next.js, Vue and Ember.
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A good understanding of Cloud Technologies and end to end delivery of data intensive SaaS products.
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A good understanding of CI/CD pipeline configuration using tools such as Jenkins.
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Familiarity with client-side build processes and tools (e.g. Ember CLI, Webpack, etc.).
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Experience writing command-line scripts using Node.js.
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Experience with testing frameworks, tools and methodologies such as QUnit or Mocha.
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Familiarity with Amazon Web Services.
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Comfortable with Git or similar version control systems and workflows.
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A desire to work closely with others to deliver quality software and solve problems.
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Strong communication skills in both verbal and written formats.
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Comfortable providing presentations and recommendations to stakeholder management.
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Being an advocate in UX consistency, accessibility and empathy for the end user.
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Experience mentoring & supporting people and teams with empathy & professionalism.
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Experience working with Product Managers and UX Designers for requirement analysis and driving the engineering team to come up with solution approach and design for delivering the requirements.
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Experience planning, tracking, delivering and managing multiple projects.
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Experience in remote-first environments and global teams.
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
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Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
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Market leader in compensation and equity awards
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Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
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Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
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Paid parental and adoption leaves
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Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
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Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections
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Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
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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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] for further assistance.
