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 are looking for a talented Systems Engineer to join the Security Rules team. You will work on a range of microservices written mainly in Rust. Technologies we use include Docker, Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached, gRPC, Kafka, Clickhouse and the usual Unix/Linux tools and workflows. We strive to build reliable, fault-tolerant systems that can operate at Cloudflare’s scale. This role may require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours to address technical issues as needed.
What you'll do
- 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 (we use PostgreSQL, Clickhouse and Memcached)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating empathy, teamwork and a sense of ownership
Conditions
- For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €54,000 - €91,000.
- Equity: This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
- Benefits: Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family, including health care, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, commuter spending accounts, fertility & family forming benefits, on-demand mental health support, employee assistance program, global travel medical insurance, short and long term disability insurance, life & accident insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee stock participation plan, and time off.