Hybrid Senior Systems Engineer – Traffic Management

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Senior Systems Engineer responsible for traffic management systems at Cloudflare. Collaborating with various teams and building resilient, secure distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Build and extend various traffic management and supporting systems.
  • Work closely with Network Engineering, Product Engineering, Network Strategy, and other teams.
  • Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle: from designing and documenting systems, to writing code and automated tests, to planning, managing, and monitoring production software deployments.
  • Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including Go, Python, Rust, eBPF, ClickHouse, Salt, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Kubernetes, and more.
  • Operate under a 'Run What You Build' model and participate in on-call rotation as part of operational duties.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience with networking and/or distributed systems.
  • Systems-level programming experience in Go, Python, Rust, C, or C++.
  • Strong knowledge of networking protocols in Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI Model.
  • Knowledge of HTTP, TLS, and CDN networks.
  • Experience in implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems.
  • Strong ability to debug issues in complex systems.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills across teams and functions.
  • Experience participating in an on-call rotation.
  • Experience building or developing capabilities in the domain of traffic engineering including automated load balancing and traffic prioritization.
  • Knowledge of statistical-analysis techniques and control theory.
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing.
  • Experience building tools and APIs.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Senior Systems Engineer – Traffic Management

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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