Senior Systems Engineer

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s 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 Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time e join us!

Available Locations:
Austin or Lisbon

At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers approximately 25 million 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 Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

Domain management is the foundation for any online presence and Cloudflare Registrar is our answer to a simple and straightforward experience. The Registrar product manages the full lifecycle of the domains, including searching/registering for new domains and transferring/renewing existing ones. Onboarding domains on Cloudflare is the gateway to the vast array of Cloudflare services.

We are looking for a talented systems engineer to be part of our engineering team. Come be part of the team and work with a group of passionate, talented engineers that will be creating innovative products. The amount of requests being processed is massive and we utilize all the latest technology to ensure its scalability and availability.

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on designing, building and scaling data infrastructure
• Experience with product teams to understand goals and develop robust and scalable solutions that align with the customer need
• Strong communication skills, especially around articulating technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working on, and deploying, large scale systems in Typescript, Go, Ruby/Rails, Java, or other high performance languages
• Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
• Excited by the idea of optimizing complex solutions to general problems that all websites face
• Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)

• Designing, building, running and scaling tools and services that support the full spectrum of domain management.
• Analyzing and communicating complex technical requirements and concepts, identifying the highest priority areas, and carving a path to delivery
• Improving system design and architecture to ensure stability and performance of the internal and customer-facing compliance concerns
• Working closely with Cloudflare's Trust and Safety team to help make the internet a better place
• Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of production services,…