Go Systems Engineer - Load Balancing at Scale

Candidate; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join the Load Balancing team in Austin, TX. You will design, implement, and maintain the software systems that power Cloudflare’s Load Balancing product, working across security, network engineering, SRE, and product management to craft scalable solutions for high-volume traffic.

You will work with Go, Rust, and other languages, integrating Docker, Kubernetes, and various databases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience with a technology company.
• Strong programming skills in Go, Rust, C++, or a similar systems-level language.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems.
• Experience with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL and Clickhouse).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating empathy, teamwork and a sense of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the software systems that comprise Cloudflare’s Load Balancing product.
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from designing and documenting systems to writing code, automated tests, and monitoring production deployments.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including security, network engineering, SRE, and product management, to design scalable solutions to difficult technical problems.
• Review work from your peers throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Mentor team members and work with support teams to ensure customer delight and bring out the best in everyone.
• Debug issues in complex systems and contribute to the maintenance and improvement of operational health.
• Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including Go, Rust, and Typescript, as well as various databases (SQL and No-SQL), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Skills

Curiosity

Critical thinking

Go

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

Unix/Linux

Monitoring

Debugging

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Redis

gRPC

Kafka

Clickhouse

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join the Load Balancing team in Austin, TX. You will design, implement, and maintain the software systems that power Cloudflare’s Load Balancing product, working across security, network engineering, SRE, and product management to craft scalable solutions for high-volume traffic.

You will work with Go, Rust, and other languages, integrating Docker, Kubernetes, and various databases.