Senior Systems Engineer, Cloudflare Tunnel

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of complex software systems that comprise Cloudflare Tunnel, including the cross-platform, open-source client and high-performance edge services.
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from designing and documenting systems to writing code, automated tests, and monitoring production deployments.
• Strategically influence and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including security, network engineering, SRE, and product management, to design and scale technical solutions.
• Review work from your peers throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence through mentorship, proactive code reviews, and establishing engineering standards across the team to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Debug issues in complex systems and contribute to the maintenance and improvement of operational health.
• Drive the long-term technical roadmap and identify opportunities for system-wide improvements, ensuring our architecture remains resilient as we scale.
• 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.

Role Requirements

• 5+ 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.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Typescript.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.