Description
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to architect, scale, and operate the distributed infrastructure that powers our global server fleets.
As an engineer on one of our Core platform teams, you'll be building the tools to help engineers deploy and operate the services that make Cloudflare work.
Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and maintain robust distributed systems, focusing on high availability, low latency, and horizontal scalability.
- Optimise Performance: Analyse system bottlenecks, optimise kernel and network stacks, and fine-tune resource utilisation across global server fleets.
- Drive Automation: Build and maintain internal tools and automation frameworks to streamline infrastructure deployment, configuration management, and monitoring.
- Ensure Reliability: Participate in architecture reviews, capacity planning, and proactive system health monitoring to guarantee maximum uptime and resilience.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Security, Network Engineering, and Product teams to integrate infrastructure solutions smoothly across the entire stack.
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.
- Deep understanding of Linux/Unix operating system internals (e.g., storage subsystems, memory management) and core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP).
- Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack).
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a methodical approach to diagnosing complex system-level failures.