Senior Systems Engineer: Platform Reliability & Automation

Cloudflare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer in Austin, TX to design, deploy, and operate the services that power our global network. You will work across software engineering and operations to build scalable platforms and developer tooling that accelerate product releases and reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on systems programming (Go, Rust, C/C++, Python), container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, and strong troubleshooting skills to resolve complex failures.

Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale distributed systems or Linux production environments.
• Proficiency in at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++, Python).
• Experience with container orchestration at scale (Kubernetes, Docker).

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable and resilient systems.
• Develop productivity tooling for engineers.
• Harden the platform against security threats.
• Improve development systems and practices.
• Help optimize CPU, bandwidth and storage usage.
• Collaborate with application teams to plan architecture.

Skills

Distributed systems

Linux production environments

Go/Rust/Python (systems languages)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer in Austin, TX to design, deploy, and operate the services that power our global network. You will work across software engineering and operations to build scalable platforms and developer tooling that accelerate product releases and reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on systems programming (Go, Rust, C/C++, Python), container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, and strong troubleshooting skills to resolve complex failures.