Systems Engineer, Edge

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

About UsAt Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!Available Locations: BengaluruAbout The TeamInfrastructure Engineering is responsible for the world's most reliable, observable, performant, and safe network ecosystem. Our customers rely on our products and systems to safely modify, troubleshoot, and release products without external impact.Our external customers rely on us to provide seamless and predictable incident, traffic, policy management, resulting in the fastest and safest network services in the world.We are accountable for the overall performance of internal and external facing services, guiding our product teams to optimal configurations and maximum efficiency. From the moment that a packet enters the Cloudflare ecosystem, we know exactly what its expected purpose and behavior is and we are capable of determining and exposing anomalous behavior.The Cloudflare network makes it possible to solve challenges at massive scale and efficiency which would be impossible for almost any other organization.What You'll Do

Develop Software: Design, write, and deliver software that improves Cloudflare's Edge platform
Work on large scale systems: Scale and evolve systems through software and automation to improve reliability and velocity
Maintain and manage distributed systems: Manage and be part of the on-call rotation that supports the largest distributed edge system in the world.
Document, Propose and Implement: Collaborate with other engineers to design and implement scalable solutions that support our growing user base.
Guide and mentor: Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring.
Optimize and Automate: Research and introduce cutting-edge technologies. Develop and maintain sustainable tools that work on an extremely large scale.
Open Source: Contribute to open-source

We are growing quickly and focused on building an extraordinary company. This is a systems reliability engineering role and is a superb opportunity to be part of a high performing team and help to support Cloudflare's mission and help build a better internet.You will build services and APIs to constantly improve availability, performance and uptime.You may be a good fit for our team if you have:

Up to 8 years of experience managing distributed systems
Proficiency in distributed Linux/Unix environments
Proficiency in high-level programming (e.g., Golang, Python)
Proficiency in configuration management (e.g., Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
Proficiency in networking protocols Layer 3-7 of the OSI model
Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting
Experience in SQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL)
Experienced with being part of a rotation that tends to high priority reliability objectives
Experience in load balancing and reverse proxies (e.g., Nginx)
Familiarity with Key/Value stores (e.g., Redis)
Familiarity with Internet working and BGP
Exquisite written and verbal communication skills
Strong bias for action

Bonus points if you have:

Experience with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
Experience working in a 24/7/365 service environment
Experience with high-bandwidth transit Internet working and routing
Passion for tooling and automation

What Makes Cloudflare Special?We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers--at no cost.: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.: We released to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.

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