Cloudflare

Systems Engineer, WARP

In short

Systems Engineer role on Cloudflare's WARP team, building the backend system that lets customers manage devices via the Zero Trust Network solution, including Device Posture, Orchestration and Notification features. The job is hybrid in Lisbon, Portugal, and requires at least 3 years of software engineering experience with Go or Rust, Typescript, RESTful API design, SQL/NoSQL databases, and Kubernetes. The company is a large-scale global network/security provider; this is a mid-level individual contributor position focused on scalability and high availability.

About the Role
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
Available Locations: Lisbon, Portugal
As a Systems Engineer in the WARP team you will join a team that works on the backend system that allows our customers to manage their devices via our Zero Trust Network solution. In this role, you will work on the design, capacity planning, development, maintenance and enhancement of features that make our WARP and Zero Trust product, such as Device Posture, Orchestration and Notification. We are looking for engineers that are versatile and eager to contribute to the technical direction of the product, with a focus on growth, scalability and high-availability. You will collaborate with your team on the planning, priority, deadlines and deliverables of solutions to our customers' requirements.
Responsibilities
•Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
•Own features end-to-end and contribute to the team projects and objectives.
•Collaborate with a distributed team of engineers through code reviews, design discussions and knowledge sharing.
•Contribute to the team roadmap by identifying engineering opportunities and improvements for the success of the team and product.
•Collaborate with other Zero Trust teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
•Help the team meet project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Requirements
•At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
•Experience managing high available systems with disaster recovery support.
•Experience in at least one of the following languages: Go, Rust.
•Experience in Typescript.
•Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs at scale.
•Knowledge of SQL and common relational database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
•Knowledge of distributed NoSQL databases.
•Excellent debugging experience and optimization skills.
•Experience with Kubernetes.
Conditions
•For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €54,000 - €75,000.
•Equity: This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
•This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Any offer of employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
•Applicants who progress to the offer stage may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.

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