engineering
Posted 2 days agoDistributed Systems Engineer - Data Platform - Logs and Audit Logs
at LazyApply
Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate a robust logging platform , ensuring reliable logging, and secure data transfer to a wide array of customer destinations and third-party integrations.
- Develop and maintain high-performance data connectors and integrations for our log-shipping products, focusing on usability, scalability and data integrity.
- Create and manage systems for handling comprehensive audit logs , ensuring they are delivered securely and adhere to strict compliance and performance standards.
- Scale and optimise the data delivery pipeline to handle massive data volumes with low latency, identifying and removing bottlenecks in data processing and routing.
- Maintain the operational health of our log delivery platform through comprehensive monitoring and participation in an on-call rotation (with flexibility for out-of-hours technical issue resolution).
- Collaborate on the architectural evolution of our data egress platform, researching and implementing new technologies to improve efficiency and reliability. Key
Requirements
- As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
- We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools.
- Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up.
- If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
- This is a pivotal opportunity to contribute to the future of data at Cloudflare, working on systems that are fundamental to our global operations and customer insights.
- This system is a high-throughput, low-latency powerhouse, primarily written in Go, and is tasked with ingesting, processing, and intelligently routing massive volumes of data originating from across Cloudflare’s vast global network to multiple core destinations.
- Analytics and Alerts: Members of this group are at the forefront of developing our public APIs such as the GraphQL Analytics API, providing customers and internal Cloudflare teams with flexible access to their data.
- experience working in software development covering distributed systems and data pipelines.
- Strong programming skills (Go is preferable) , with a deep understanding of software development best practices for building resilient, high-throughput systems. Hands-on
- experience with modern observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana , and a strong understanding of handling high-cardinality metrics at scale.
- Strong knowledge of SQL , including
- experience with query optimisation.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with other teams across Cloudflare. •
- Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) is a strong plus. •
- Experience with various logging platforms or SIEMs (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, Sumo Logic) and storage destinations (e.g., S3, R2, GCS) is a plus. •
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like SALT or Terraform is a plus. •
- Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes , is a plus.
- Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
- 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.
Experience
- Qualifications 3+ years of
Benefits
- If you're passionate about building scalable and performant data platforms using cutting-edge technologies and want to work with a world-class team of engineers, then we want to hear from you! Join us in our mission to help build a better internet for everyone! Equity
- This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits
- benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our
- Health & Welfare Benefits
- ● Medical/Rx Insurance ● Dental Insurance ● Vision Insurance
- ● Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits
- ● Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- ● Life & Accident Insurance
- ● 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- ● Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off
- ● Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- ● Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
- All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.
Contact
- Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Additional details
- At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet.
- Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
- Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
- Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
- Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
- At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with.
- We are actively seeking experienced and highly motivated Distributed Systems Engineers to join Cloudflare’s dynamic DATA Organisation.
- Our organisation is responsible for the entire data lifecycle, encompassing everything from initial ingestion and sophisticated processing to robust storage and efficient retrieval.
- These systems are the backbone that power critical logs and analytics, providing our customers with real-time, actionable visibility into the health, performance, and security of their online properties.
- Our overarching mission is to empower customers to leverage their data effectively, enabling them to drive superior outcomes for their businesses.