Sr. Engineering Manager, CoreAPI and Cloud Provisioning (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

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:
CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for our Core API and Cloud Provisioning teams. This role oversees critical infrastructure that powers our platform's API gateway (and ‘AI Model Gateway’) services, SKU enablement systems, and service orchestration capabilities. The teams are responsible for managing high-throughput API traffic, implementing AI-driven feature enablement decisions through our AI MCP (AI Model Control Plane), and ensuring seamless audit data ingestion across our cybersecurity platform. The combined teams handle 1+ billion API requests per day while maintaining enterprise-grade security and compliance standards. If you are highly technical and enjoy leading cross-functional initiatives at scale, this is the role for you. Engineering Management at CrowdStrike is a hands-on role where we expect managers to drive delivery excellence while creating an engaging environment for our world-class engineers.

This is a hybrid position open to candidates near the Sunnyvale, CA area.

What You'll Do:

• Lead multiple disciplinary teams (backend, frontend, SDET, DevOps, etc.) across Core API and Cloud Provisioning domains to drive roadmap execution and technical strategy.

• Scale our API gateway infrastructure

• implement AI-powered SKU enablement and service orchestration workflows

• Ensure robust audit data pipelines.

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What You'll Need:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering management roles

• Experience building or maintaining API Gateway infrastructure and traffic management systems

• Knowledge of AI MCP (AI Model Control Plane) or similar AI orchestration platforms

• Experience with audit data ingestion pipelines and compliance frameworks

• Experience with SKU enablement systems and service orchestration workflows

• Experience in Golang or similar technologies

• Experience shipping high-quality software in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience building and maintaining large distributed systems at scale

• Solid design and problem-solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security, and performance

• Experience working with remote teams while ensuring agility and velocity

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels from executive staff to junior engineers

• Hands-on technical leadership combined with strong cross-functional collaboration skills

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

Bonus Points:

• Experience with cybersecurity products

• Demonstrated track record of hiring strong engineers

• Experience with Golang, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Redis, SpiceDB

• Familiarity with API Gateway technologies (Kong, AWS API Gateway, Envoy) - helpful for architectural insights