Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Cache
Cloudflare · Engineering
- Location
- Hybrid
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Type
- Unspecified
- Pay
- $194K–$266K/yr (estimated from posting text)
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Source
- Greenhouse
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What the posting covers
About Us
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…
About the Department
Cloudflare's Engineering Team builds and runs the software that helps power millions of Internet properties. Product development covers both new features and functionality as well as scaling our existing software to meet the challenges of a massively growing…
Role Summary
The Cache team builds and operates the high-performance reverse proxy and caching data plane at Cloudflare's edge. Built on Pingora, Cloudflare's open-source Rust framework for fast, reliable network services, this software serves cached content, routes…
Role Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate the high-performance cache and proxy data plane that serves content at Cloudflare's edge and connects to customer origins Contribute to Pingora and the production services built on it, improving asynchronous I/O, connection…
Role Requirements (Must-Have Skills)
Minimum 4 years of professional experience designing, building, and operating production software systems Strong proficiency in at least one systems or backend language such as Rust, Go, C, or C++, with a willingness to work in Rust Strong understanding of…
Nice-to-Have Skills
Professional experience with Rust or high-performance asynchronous systems Experience with caches, HTTP proxies, CDNs, distributed storage, or latency-sensitive data-plane services Experience analyzing memory use, disk I/O, resource contention, and tail…
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location and level. San Francisco Estimated Base salary $194,000 - $266,000. Seattle, Washington D.C., New York Estimated Base salary $185,000 - $254,000. Denver, Austin, Illinois, Atlanta Estimated Base salary…
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo:…
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