Systems Engineer
Core
Build and manage tools to help engineers deploy and operate Cloudflare's global network services.
Role type
Senior IC Systems Engineer (Platform Tooling)
Builds
Developer productivity tooling, scalable resilient systems, and platform infrastructure for product teams.
Domain
Internet infrastructure / Cloud networking / DevOps
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems design, Linux production environment management, Systems programming (Go, Rust, C/C++, Python), Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD pipeline design, Source control (Git), System-level troubleshooting, Resource management (CPU, bandwidth, storage)
Preferred skills
Infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform), Linux/Unix internals, Core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS), Open-source contributions
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable and resilient systems, Harden the platform against security threats, Improve development systems and practices, Work with application teams to architect systems, Respond and prevent incidents impacting core platforms
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
