Distributed Systems Engineer - Data Platform - Analytics and Alerts

Cloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, running one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites. They are seeking experienced engineers to join their DATA Org to build and maintain a high-performance data platform that handles real-time analytics and alerts for customers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance our customer-facing APIs focusing on performance, reliability, and an intuitive user experience
• Design, build, and maintain our near real-time alerting platform, from data processing and anomaly detection to reliable notification delivery
• Optimise the performance of complex analytical queries that power our APIs and dashboards, working closely with the database platform team
• Create intuitive and powerful tools that allow customers to explore their data and configure meaningful alerts based on logs and metrics
• Scale our API and alerting infrastructure to support a growing number of internal and external use cases
• Collaborate with front-end engineers and product managers to define API contracts and deliver a seamless data experience for our users
• Ensure the operational health of our APIs and alerting systems by developing comprehensive monitoring, and participating in an on-call rotation (with the flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours as needed)

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience working in software development covering distributed systems and scalable APIs
• Strong programming skills (Go is preferable), with a deep understanding of software development best practices for building performant, customer-facing services
• Hands-on experience with modern observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana, and a strong understanding of handling high-cardinality metrics at scale
• Strong knowledge of SQL, including extensive experience with complex query optimisation
• A solid foundation in computer science, including algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a willingness to debug, troubleshoot, and learn about complex problems at high scale
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with other teams across Cloudflare
• Experience developing and scaling APIs, particularly GraphQL, is a strong plus
• Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) for real-time processing is a plus
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like SALT or Terraform is a plus
• Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus