Cloudflare

Systems Engineer, Network Tunneling

Cloudflare

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇵🇹 Portugal

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsDNSDockerGoGrafanaKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesPrometheusRustSQLTypeScriptUnix

About the role

  • Design, implement, and maintain the software systems that comprise Cloudflare Tunnel, including the cross-platform, open-source client and a high-performance service on Cloudflare's edge network.
  • 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 throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
  • Mentor team members and work with support teams to ensure customer delight and bring out the best in everyone.
  • Debug issues in complex systems and contribute to the maintenance and improvement of operational health.
  • Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including Go, Rust, and Typescript, as well as various databases (SQL and No-SQL), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in backend software development with a focus on building secure and highly available distributed systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Go, Rust, C++, or a similar systems-level language.
  • Knowledge of modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments.
  • Grasp of networking protocols in Layers 3-7 of the OSI Model and experience with network programming.
  • Familiarity with microservices and APIs, including RESTful design.
  • Basic understanding of software security and encryption principles.
  • Ability to debug and troubleshoot issues in complex distributed systems.
  • 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.