Senior Software Engineer, Storage Infrastructure

Cloudflare; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Employee Stock Plan

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Cloudflare is building the next generation of distributed storage services. You will join a motivated team responsible for core storage infrastructure, from hardware to databases, ensuring durability, performance, and scalability across a global network.

You’ll own feature development end-to-end, tackle complex engineering puzzles, and work with Rust, Go, Saltstack, and Terraform to automate operations and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• Proficient programming with Rust/Go/Python.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Experience with distributed databases or storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate globally distributed storage systems.
• Own code from design to release across stack layers.
• Write design docs for provisioning systems and model failure domains.
• Automate operational toil with tooling and automation.
• Collaborate with teams using Rust, Go, Saltstack, and Terraform.

Skills

Rust

Go

Python

Tools

Saltstack

Terraform

Job description

Available Locations | Austin, US OR Seattle, US

About The Role

Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ETI) is where new and bold products are built and released within Cloudflare. Rather than being constrained by the structures which make Cloudflare a massively successful business, we are able to leverage them to deliver entirely new tools and products to our customers. Cloudflare’s edge and network make it possible to solve problems at massive scale and efficiency which would be impossible for almost any other organization.

ETI’s Storage Infrastructure team is responsible for the core storage layer that underpins many of ETI's stateful services. Our scope ranges from managing the physical hardware to operating the distributed databases and storage systems built upon it. We run this infrastructure globally across Cloudflare's network, which presents unique and complex engineering puzzles. We navigate efficiently expanding storage capacity, optimizing rebuild operations, and coordinating operations across failure domains to uphold durability. While other service teams focus on product development, our mission is to ensure the underlying storage is reliable, performant, and scalable.

You’ll be joining a highly motivated team that is building the next generation of distributed storage services.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate the next generation of globally distributed storage systems
• Own your code from inception to release, delivering solutions at all layers of the stack
• Write a design document for a new provisioning system, model failure domain dependencies across edge locations, benchmark new storage hardware, and build standardized observability and runbooks for distributed database clusters
• Automate operational toil through purpose-built tooling and intelligent automation
• Interact with languages and technologies including Rust, Go, Saltstack, and Terraform

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, And Experience

• Strong programming skills with languages like Rust, Go, or Python
• A solid understanding of distributed systems concepts such as consistency, consensus, data replication, fault tolerance, and partition tolerance
• Experience with distributed databases and storage systems
• Experience with infrastructure configuration tooling and infrastructure as code
• Familiarity with storage fundamentals: block devices, filesystems, SSD characteristics
• Experience building and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Understanding of network fundamentals as they relate to distributed storage – bandwidth constraints, latency tradeoffs, cross-datacenter replication
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain technical decisions clearly
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines and evolving priorities

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $185,000 - $254,000

Benefits

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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