Systems Engineer (Metrics and Alerting)

Join Cloudflare's internal Observability Team as a Systems Engineer. In this role, you will design, deliver, and operate software and a platform that enhances Cloudflare's Observability competency. You will work on highly distributed and scalable systems, solve scaling bottlenecks, and participate in knowledge sharing and mentoring. This is a software engineering/systems engineering role that offers a competitive pay package, flexible vacation policy, paid parental leave, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and operate software and a platform that progresses Cloudflare's Observability competency, focusing on metrics, alerting, error tracking, logging, tracing, and more.
• Solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services in the Metrics & Alerting pipeline, working on highly distributed and scalable systems.
• Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring, contributing to open-source and researching cutting-edge technologies.

Requirements

• A Software Engineering background and proficiency in high-level programming languages (e.g., Go)
• Strong bias for action
• Proficiency in Prometheus, Alertmanager, Thanos
• Proficiency in designing high-scale distributed systems
• Experience working in a 24/7/365 service environment

Proficiency in distributed Linux environments

• Proficiency in Data structures and databases like TSDBs, Columnar stores or related
• Familiarity with Internetworking, networking protocols Layer 2-7 of the OSI model and BGP
• Exquisite written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in a fast, high-growth environment

Preferred

• Experience with high-bandwidth transit Internetworking and routing
• Passion for code simplicity and performance

Pay

EUR 66,000 - 91,000