Software Engineer – Distributed Systems, Infrastructure

Role Overview

• As a Software Engineer: Distributed Systems, you will be part of a Resiliency Organization responsible for the core services that power Cloudflare’s global operations.
• We are looking for engineers to join the Infrastructure Intelligence team and shape the transition toward model-driven network orchestration.
• The team is building a cutting-edge 'Maintenance Coordination System', powered by an infrastructure dependency graph of one of the world's largest physical networks.
• By creating the robust primitives for global coordination today, you will be enabling the next generation of data-driven infrastructure at Cloudflare.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field; OR have relevant background/experience to the field.
• Programming experience in Go, or similar languages
• Experience in designing and implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems
• Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
• Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
• Experience with continuous delivery and deployment of a k8s hosted application
• ​​Understanding of security issues and responsibilities
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems
• Fluent in analyses of data sets such as logs
• Strong English language oral and written communications skills
• Designing and building APIs
• Experience with the Cloudflare development stack is a plus.
• At least 4 years of hands-on software development experience on meaningfully complex systems.
• Experience with graph theory and building services for graph generation, storage and retrieval.
• An understanding of the systems architecture required to scale machine learning model-driven decision engines in a production environment
• Experience building both backend systems and frontend widgets.
• Ability to contribute to planning, development, and execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability.
• Experience implementing tools, processes, internal instrumentation, and methodologies.
• Comfortable working on projects with tight deadlines and short release cycles.
• Strong verbal and written English language skills.
• Experience with DCIM, CMDB, IPAM, and other Data Center and Asset Lifecycle Management tools is a plus.
• Experience with data ingestion and analysis
• pulling metrics from hundreds of edge data centers.

Tech Stack

• Distributed Systems
• Kubernetes
• Go

Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave