Senior Load Balancing Engineer – Go Microservices

CloudFlare; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare in Austin is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Load Balancing team. You will design, implement, and operate high-scale load balancing services written primarily in Go and Rust, within a microservices architecture.

You will work across PostgreSQL, Redis, and other data stores, and collaborate with security, network engineering, and SRE teams to ensure reliability and performance. The role requires 5+ years in a tech company, strong systems programming skills, and a passion for

Qualifications

• Curiosity and critical thinking.
• 5+ 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 Unix/Linux development and runtime environments.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high-volume production systems.
• Experience with 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 Cloudflare’s Load Balancing software.
• 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 peers to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Mentor team members and collaborate with support teams to ensure customer delight.
• Debug issues in complex systems and contribute to operational health improvements.
• Work with Go, Rust, C++, and Typescript across databases (SQL and No-SQL), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Skills

Go

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

Clickhouse

Unix/Linux

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cloudflare in Austin is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Load Balancing team. You will design, implement, and operate high-scale load balancing services written primarily in Go and Rust, within a microservices architecture.

You will work across PostgreSQL, Redis, and other data stores, and collaborate with security, network engineering, and SRE teams to ensure reliability and performance. The role requires 5+ years in a tech company, strong systems programming skills, and a passion for