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Cloudflare · 2 days ago

Senior Systems Engineer, Pipelines

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$196K/yr - $240K/yr
date6+ years exp

Cloudflare is a leading technology company focused on building a better Internet. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will shape the future of Cloudflare's storage and database products, owning your code from inception to release and delivering innovative solutions that meet developer needs.

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Responsibilities

Own your code from inception to release, delivering solutions at all layers of the software stack to empower Cloudflare customers
Architect a new globally distributed data consistency model
Optimize storage engine performance
Design a novel API for a new data-centric product

Qualification

Distributed systemsHigh volume software applicationsStrongly-typed programming languagesDebugging large-scale systemsData structuresAlgorithmsJavaScriptTypeScriptRustC++Linux/UNIX knowledge

Required

Minimum 6 years of experience working with distributed systems
Experience building and managing high volume software applications
Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design
Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language: we primarily use Rust, TypeScript, and Go
Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system

Preferred

Experience building and managing a large scale data storage platform
Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game streaming, game engine architecture, high frequency trading, payment systems
Experience working in a non-garbage collected language such as Rust or C++
Experience writing Javascript and Typescript
Deep Linux / UNIX systems knowledge

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

Company

Cloudflare

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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
dateFounded in 2009
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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http://www.cloudflare.com

H1B Sponsorship

Cloudflare has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (115)
2023 (66)
2022 (98)
2021 (83)
2020 (37)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.08B
Key Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M

Leadership Team

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Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
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Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
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