Senior Systems Engineer Developer Tooling

About Us

At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds 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. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare were not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; were looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. 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 youre 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 youll fit right in.

About the Role

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to help build and manage tools that help engineers deploy and operate the services that make Cloudflare work. Our mission is to provide a reliable and flexible platform to help product teams release new software efficiently and safely. The role includes both software engineering and operational responsibilities.

Available Locations: Austin TX; Lisbon PT; London UK.

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.

Bonus Points

• 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.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary of .

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were 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 weve equipped more than 2400 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 Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

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 weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed 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.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their or any other persons 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. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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