SSL/TLS Systems Engineer - Build Secure Global Connectivity

CloudFlare; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer for the SSL/TLS Team in Austin. You will help build services with RESTful APIs and datastores using Go, integrate services via message queues, and design reliable, scalable systems for millions of users.

You will read legacy code, migrate logic to modern architectures, and review peers’ code. The role emphasizes fault tolerance, operations procedures, and alerting in a high-scale environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience building backend systems at a technology company.
• Production-quality code in Go (or willingness to learn Go).
• Proven experience building and operating distributed systems.
• Proficiency with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.
• Track record of delivering well-tested, reliable code for production environments.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Unix/Linux

Debugging

Production-quality code

Backend systems

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Systems Engineer for the SSL/TLS Team in Austin. You will help build services with RESTful APIs and datastores using Go, integrate services via message queues, and design reliable, scalable systems for millions of users.

You will read legacy code, migrate logic to modern architectures, and review peers’ code. The role emphasizes fault tolerance, operations procedures, and alerting in a high-scale environment.