Senior Systems Engineer: Scale, Security & Reliability

Cloudflare, Inc.; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable software and tooling that help engineers deploy and run services reliably across the platform. The role spans software engineering and operational responsibilities to support a fast‑moving internet infrastructure.

You will collaborate with product teams to improve development systems, implement automated testing, and drive initiatives that increase engineer happiness and productivity while ensuring security and

Qualifications

• Experience building and managing large-scale distributed systems or Linux production environments.
• Proficiency in a systems programming or scripting language (Go, Rust, C/C++, Python).
• Experience with container orchestration and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, resilient systems to support company growth.
• Build developer productivity tooling to streamline deployments and operations.
• Harden the platform against security threats and resource contention.

Skills

Go

Rust

C/C++

Python

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable software and tooling that help engineers deploy and run services reliably across the platform. The role spans software engineering and operational responsibilities to support a fast‑moving internet infrastructure.

You will collaborate with product teams to improve development systems, implement automated testing, and drive initiatives that increase engineer happiness and productivity while ensuring security and