Systems Engineer

Austin, TX
December 20, 2024
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Job Description

Available Locations: Austin, TX
About the Department
Cloudflare’s Engineering Team builds and runs the software that handles trillions of requests per month We also build and run the internal tools that builds and runs our software. The Engineering Team is split into two groups: one handles product development and the other handles operations. Product development covers both new features and functionality and scaling our existing software to meet the challenges of a massively growing customer base. The operations team handles one of the world’s largest networks with data centers in 150+ cities worldwide.
What you’ll do
Come be part of the founding team and work with a group of passionate, talented engineers that will be creating innovative products. The amount of requests being processed is massive and we utilize all the latest technology to ensure its scalability and availability.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

  • Experience working with large scale C/C++ projects
  • Experience working on, and deploying, large scale systems in Go, Java, or other high performance languages
  • Good Linux systems knowledge
  • Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
  • Strong systems level programming skills
  • Excited by the idea of optimizing complex solutions to general problems that all websites face
  • Experience with a continuous integration work flow and using source control (we use git)

Bonus Points

  • Experience with Lua, Rust or Go (or a strong desire to learn)
  • Experience with Javascript or Typescript
  • Experience with a web server / reverse proxy system (NGINX, Apache, Varnish)

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. For Colorado-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $137,000 – $167,000.
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare 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

Financial Benefits

  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

  • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
  • Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave