Systems Engineer, Cloudflare
Metrics and Alerting
Web performance and security platform
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Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in distributed Linux environments
- Proficiency in designing high-scale distributed systems
- Proficiency in high-level programming languages (e.g., Golang)
- Proficiency in Prometheus, Alertmanager, Thanos
- Proficiency in networking protocols Layer 2-7 of the OSI model
- Experience working in a fast, high-growth environment
- Experience working in a 24/7/365 service environment
- Exquisite written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with Internetworking and BGP
- Strong bias for action
Desirable
- Experience with high-bandwidth transit Internetworking and routing
- Passion for code simplicity and performance
What the job involves
- Production Engineering is responsible for the world’s most reliable, observable, performant, and safe network ecosystem. Our customers rely on our products and systems to safely modify, troubleshoot, and release products without external impact
- Our external customers rely on us to provide seamless and predictable incident, traffic, policy management, resulting in the fastest and safest network services in the world
- We are accountable for the overall performance of internal and external facing services, guiding our product teams to optimal configurations and maximum efficiency. From the moment that a packet enters the Cloudflare ecosystem, we know exactly what its expected purpose and behaviour is and we are capable of determining and exposing anomalous behaviour
- The Cloudflare network makes it possible to solve challenges at massive scale and efficiency which would be impossible for almost any other organization
- Design, deliver, and operate software that progresses Cloudflare's Observability competency
- Solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services in our Metrics & Alerting pipeline
- Work on highly distributed and scalable systems
- Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring
- Participate in the global on-call rotation for the services your team owns
- Research and introduce cutting-edge technologies
- Contribute to open-source
- We are a small team, well-funded, growing and focused on building an extraordinary company. This is a systems engineering role and is a superb opportunity to be part of a high performing team to help to support Cloudflare’s mission and help build a better internet
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with around 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
The cloud infrastructure market reached $53 billion in 2022. While the Big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) own 65% of the market, that still leaves billions of dollars left for companies such as Cloudflare. Its ambitious and successful work is likely to continue being a crucial feature of the web, but in 2023, placed it in the crosshairs of hackers looking to exploit its infrastructure. The beginning of 2024 saw Cloudflare vow to bolster its security and patch vulnerabilities.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Minimum 8 weeks of paid parental leave
- Equal opportunity employer
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Family planning and fertility program
- Gym discounts
- Commuter Benefits Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Lead Engineer)Lee started their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(President & COO)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare as CEO in March 2009.
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