Cloudflare - Senior Systems Engineer - Developer Tooling
Requirements
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack). • Deep understanding of Linux/Unix operating system internals (e.g., storage subsystems, memory management) and core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS). • Contributions to open-source systems software projects or active participation in the broader systems engineering community.
Responsibilities
• Design and build scalable and resilient systems that can keep up with company growth. • Design and build developer productivity tooling. • Harden the platform against security threats and resource contention issues. • Improve our development systems and practices. • Improve the efficiency of managing resources such as CPU, bandwidth and storage. • Work with application teams to understand their potential challenges and help them choose the best way to architect their systems. • Drive initiatives that make our engineers happier and more productive. • Help respond and prevent incidents impacting core platforms. • Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience • Demonstrable professional experience building and managing large-scale distributed systems or Linux production environments. • Proficiency in at least one systems programming or scripting language (e.g., Go, Rust, C/C++, Python) with a track record of writing clean, maintainable code. • Experience managing containerized workloads at scale using Kubernetes, Docker, or similar orchestration platforms. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies for infrastructure. • Source control experience including branching, merging and rebasing. • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a methodical approach to diagnosing complex system-level failures.
Benefits
• Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. • For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary of €66,000-91,000. • What Makes Cloudflare Special? • We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. • Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. • Project Galileo • Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. • Athenian Project • 1.1.1.1 • Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! • Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. • This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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