Senior Systems Engineer - Application Security

Cloudflare • San Francisco, CA

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer specializing in Application Security to join their fast-growing security product portfolio team. This role involves working at internet scale, tackling challenging problems related to Cloudflare's extensive network and customer base. The team utilizes custom-built components, well-tested and documented code, and modern programming languages like Go and Rust. This position offers the opportunity to work on high-profile projects within a growing company that values thoughtful development and collaboration. The role requires a commitment of two days per week in the office, meaning it is not a fully remote position.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience working hands-on as a software developer.
• Proficiency with at least one of Go or Rust.
• Exposure to devops tooling like but not limited to Kubernetes, Salt, Kafka or Systemd.
• Strong Linux / Unix fundamentals.
• Experience working with distributed systems at scale.
• Persistent, have a can-do attitude and a genuine willingness to assume good faith in others.
• Empathetic and emotionally intelligent.
• Willing to take responsibility for the culture and environment that you create around you.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cyber security is preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Design systems and write code following bleeding edge industry best practices and help others on the team do the same.
• Review RFCs, technical specifications and code.
• Deploy and maintain live software-based services at scale (up to 100m requests / second, 1m customers).
• Take regular shifts as part of the team’s On Call rota.
• Support and grow other Engineers through knowledge sharing.
• Keep up to date with trends in detecting current and emerging security risks to web applications and provide input on how these impact Cloudflare’s products.
• Work with Engineers and Product Managers outside your immediate team in communicating our roadmap and getting things done.

Benefits

• Unlimited leave policy
• Equity program with stock grants on joining and regular refreshers linked to performance
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Mental health support
• Tax efficient defined contributions pension plan
• Life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed