Systems Reliability Engineer - Core
Core
Architect, scale, and operate distributed infrastructure powering global server fleets to ensure high availability, low latency, and horizontal scalability.
Role type
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer (Core Platform)
Builds
Private cloud infrastructure, deployment tools, and operational frameworks for Cloudflare's global network.
Domain
Internet infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud operations
Required skills
Linux/Unix internals, distributed systems architecture, systems programming (Go/Rust/C++/Python), networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP), infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, capacity planning, troubleshooting complex failures
Preferred skills
Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, open-source contributions, AI/LLM tooling
Technologies
Kubernetes, Postgres, PgBouncer, Stolon, Kafka, Zookeeper, Ceph, Rook, Vault, Consul, Etcd, Temporal
Responsibilities
Architect and maintain robust distributed systems; optimize kernel and network stacks; build internal automation tools; participate in architecture reviews and capacity planning; collaborate with Security and Network Engineering teams.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
