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CloudflareCloudflareAustin, TX

Distributed Systems Engineer, Analytical Database Platform

Build and scale Cloudflare's analytical database platform powered by ClickHouse. Develop platform components, add clusters, optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to the open-source ClickHouse community. Requires 3+ years in distributed systems/databases, strong CS fundamentals, and programming skills (Golang/Python/C++ preferred).

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Hybrid3+ YOEData Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement new platform components for the Cloudflare Analytical Database Platform to improve functionality and performance.
  • Add more database clusters to accommodate the growing volume of data generated by Cloudflare products and services.
  • Monitor and maintain the performance and reliability of existing database platform clusters, and identify and troubleshoot any issues that may arise.
  • Identify and remove bottlenecks within the analytics database platform, including optimizing query performance and streamlining data ingestion processes.
  • Collaborate with the ClickHouse open-source community to add new features and functionality to the database, as well as contribute to the development of the upstream codebase.
  • Collaborate with other teams across Cloudflare to understand their data needs and build solutions that empower them to make data-driven decisions.
  • Participate in the development of the next generation of the database platform engine, including researching and evaluating new technologies and approaches that can improve the database's performance and scalability.
  • May require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience working in software development covering distributed systems, and databases.
  • Strong programming skills (Golang, Python, C++ preferred).
  • Strong knowledge of SQL and database internals, including experience with database design, optimization, and performance tuning.
  • Solid foundation in computer science, including algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with other teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and proactively identify and solve issues.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with ClickHouse.
  • Experience with SALT or Terraform.
  • Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Skills

Distributed SystemsDatabasesGoPythonC++SQLDatabase InternalsClickHouseTerraformDockerKubernetes

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