Observability Systems Engineer (Hybrid)

CloudFlare; Greater London; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer to join the internal Observability Team. This role focuses on metrics, alerting, logging, tracing, and related observability tooling to keep our network fast and reliable.

You design and operate scalable software, tackle bottlenecks in the observability stack, and mentor peers while participating in on-call rotations. Hybrid work with London and Lisbon locations is offered.

Qualifications

• Software Engineering background with experience in high-level languages (e.g., Go).
• Strong knowledge of data structures and databases used in observability.
• Experience with distributed Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Alertmanager, Thanos.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and operate software and a platform that progresses Cloudflare's Observability competency.
• Solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services in the Metrics & Alerting pipeline.
• Work on highly distributed and scalable systems.
• Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Participate in the global on-call rotation for the services your team owns.
• Research and introduce cutting-edge technologies.
• Contribute to open-source.

Skills

Go

Data structures

Linux

Prometheus

Alertmanager

Thanos

Networking

Tools

Prometheus

Alertmanager

Thanos

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer to join the internal Observability Team. This role focuses on metrics, alerting, logging, tracing, and related observability tooling to keep our network fast and reliable.

You design and operate scalable software, tackle bottlenecks in the observability stack, and mentor peers while participating in on-call rotations. Hybrid work with London and Lisbon locations is offered.