engineering
Posted Apr 21Senior Systems Engineer, Edge
at LazyApply
On-site
Responsibilities
- Develop Software: Design, write, and deliver software that improves Cloudflare's Edge platform
- Maintain and manage distributed systems: Manage and be part of the on-call rotation that supports the largest distributed edge system in the world.
- Document, Propose and Implement: Collaborate with other engineers to design and implement scalable solutions that support our growing user base.
- Guide and mentor: Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring.
- Optimize and Automate: Research and introduce cutting-edge technologies. Develop and maintain sustainable tools that work on an extremely large scale.
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.
- experience managing distributed systems
- Proficiency in distributed Linux/Unix environments
- Proficiency in high-level programming (e.g., Golang, Python)
- Proficiency in configuration management (e.g., Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
- Proficiency in networking protocols Layer 3-7 of the OSI model •
- Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting •
- Experience in SQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL)
- Experience in load balancing and reverse proxies (e.g., Nginx)
- Familiarity with Key/Value stores (e.g., Redis)
- Familiarity with Internet working and BGP
- Experience with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) •
- Experience working in a 24/7/365 service environment •
- Experience with high-bandwidth transit Internet working and routing
- 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.
Benefits
- Bonus points if you have: •
- 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.
- Infrastructure Engineering is responsible for the world’s most reliable, observable, performant, and safe network ecosystem.
- Our customers rely on our products and systems to safely modify, troubleshoot, and release products without external impact.
- Our external customers rely on us to provide seamless and predictable incident, traffic, policy management, resulting in the fastest and safest network services in the world.
- We are accountable for the overall performance of internal and external facing services, guiding our product teams to optimal configurations and maximum efficiency.