Load Balancing Systems Engineer — Go

Cloudflare, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join the Load Balancing team. You will design, implement, and maintain microservices written mainly in Go, with Docker, Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, Kafka, Clickhouse, and Unix/Linux tools.

You’ll help build reliable systems at massive scale and collaborate across teams to solve difficult problems. You will be part of a fast-paced yet thoughtful environment that prioritizes quality, mentorship, and end‑to‑end ownership of features from

Qualifications

• Curiosity and critical thinking as core traits.
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience at a tech company.
• Strong programming skills in a systems language (Go/Rust/C++).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Cloudflare’s Load Balancing software.
• Involve in all stages of the software lifecycle: design, coding, tests, deployment, monitoring.
• Collaborate with security, network engineering, SRE, and product teams to craft scalable solutions.
• Review peers’ work to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Mentor teammates and assist support to ensure customer delight.
• Debug complex systems and improve operational health.
• Work with Go, Rust, Typescript, SQL/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes.

Skills

Go

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Redis

Clickhouse

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join the Load Balancing team. You will design, implement, and maintain microservices written mainly in Go, with Docker, Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, Kafka, Clickhouse, and Unix/Linux tools.

You’ll help build reliable systems at massive scale and collaborate across teams to solve difficult problems. You will be part of a fast-paced yet thoughtful environment that prioritizes quality, mentorship, and end‑to‑end ownership of features from