Senior Systems Engineer, Pipelines
Core
Design and implement foundational layers of next-generation distributed data services and storage engines from scratch.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Distributed Systems/Storage)
Builds
Core storage and streaming products for Cloudflare's global network
Domain
Internet infrastructure, distributed systems, storage engines
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Systems programming, distributed system design, storage engine architecture, debugging complex race conditions, network partition handling, Rust, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript
Preferred skills
Time-series databases, log-structured merge-trees, real-time stream processing, distributed systems research (consensus, CRDTs)
Technologies
Rust, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript
Responsibilities
Architect globally distributed data consistency models, optimize storage engine performance, design novel APIs for data-centric products, own code from inception to release
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
