Software Engineer, Security Rules

About the Role

Cloudflare's Engineers build and operate the software that helps power 25+ million Internet properties and millions of businesses around the world. We're looking for a talented Systems Engineer to join the Security Rules team. You will work on a range of microservices written mainly in Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the software systems that comprise Cloudflare's Application Security Product Offering such as Rate Limiting, Web Application Firewall and more.
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from designing and documenting systems to writing code, automated tests, and monitoring production deployments.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including security, network engineering, SRE, and product management, to design scalable solutions to difficult technical problems.
• Review work from your peers throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Mentor team members and work with support teams to ensure customer delight and bring out the best in everyone.
• Debug issues in complex systems and contribute to the maintenance and improvement of operational health.
• Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including Rust, Go, as well as various databases (SQL and No-SQL), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Requirements

• First and foremost curiosity and critical thinking
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience with a technology company
• Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, C++, or a similar systems-level language
• Experience building and operating distributed systems
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Memcached)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating empathy, teamwork and a sense of ownership

Nice to Have

• Experience with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus and Grafana
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes

Compensation

For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €54,000 - €91,000.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.