Systems Engineer - Database Platform

Job Overview

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure team, focusing on our internal, multi-region PostgreSQL platform.

Company Culture

At Cloudflare, we're on a mission to help build a better Internet. We value curiosity over bureaucracy and believe AI is a partner in solving tough problems.

Responsibilities

As a Systems Engineer, you will:

• Build, deploy, and manage PostgreSQL database clusters in production environments.
• Develop and maintain database tooling for automation, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure and Applications teams to integrate database tools.
• Implement proactive solutions using observability tools to monitor database health.
• Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, and query tuning.

Requirements

Must-Have Skills

• Experience with building, scaling, and managing large-scale multi-tenant PostgreSQL database clusters.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Salt.
• Scripting skills in languages like Python or Bash.
• Experience building and maintaining database tooling for automation and monitoring.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience optimizing database performance and query tuning.
• Experience with alerting and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience developing software in Go, Ruby, or C/C++.
• Contributions to PostgreSQL or relevant open-source projects.
• Expertise in database schema migrations and automation using tools like Flyway, Liquibase, or goose.
• Experience with connection pooling solutions like PgBouncer or HAProxy.
• Familiarity with non-relational data stores like Cassandra, Timescale, or Redis.

Compensation

• For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $157,000 - $196,000
• For New York based hires: Estimated annual salary of $150,000 - $187,000

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including health and welfare benefits, financial benefits, and time-off programs.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We're committed to protecting the free and open Internet through initiatives like Project Galileo and the Athenian Project.