Senior Systems Engineer, Browser Isolation

Cloudflare, Inc

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Austin, TXLisboa, Lisboa, PortugalLondon, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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TL;DR · Senior Systems Engineer, Browser Isolation

The Senior Systems Engineer, Browser Isolation joins the team responsible for running web content in remote browsers to protect users from threats. You will lead complex, multi-component initiatives, designing and implementing changes for a Chromium-based C++ browser and supporting distributed services. Your daily work involves managing architectural trade-offs regarding latency, security boundaries, and resource efficiency while investigating cross-layer performance bottlenecks. You will utilize a diverse technology stack including Rust, Go, TypeScript, WebAssembly, WebGL, and WebRTC, while working with tools like Nomad, Consul, and Cloudflare Workers. The role focuses on building remote rendering and streaming technology, ensuring high availability and resilience for browser sessions across a global network. You will mentor engineers and drive production outcomes for these critical security-sensitive systems.

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What you'll do

  • Lead complex, multi-component initiatives from initial problem definition through implementation and production rollout.
  • Design and implement changes in the Chromium-based C++ browser and supporting distributed services using Go, Rust, and TypeScript.
  • Make and explain architectural trade-offs regarding latency, availability, resource efficiency, and security boundaries.
  • Investigate cross-layer failures and performance bottlenecks across the browser, host, network, and control-plane.
  • Improve system resilience, capacity management, observability, and release safety while defining success metrics.
  • Mentor engineers and improve the quality of code reviews, design reviews, testing, and documentation.
  • Participate in production on-call rotations and lead technical incident investigations to drive corrective actions.

What we're looking for

  • Design and implement changes in a Chromium-based C++ browser and distributed services using Go, Rust, and TypeScript.
  • Lead complex, multi-component initiatives from problem definition and design through implementation and staged rollout.
  • Make and explain architectural trade-offs across latency, availability, resource efficiency, security boundaries, and operational complexity.
  • Investigate cross-layer failures and performance bottlenecks across browser, host, network, and control-plane components.
  • Improve resilience, capacity management, observability, and release safety while defining success metrics.
  • Mentor engineers and improve code reviews, design reviews, testing, documentation, and operational practices.
  • Participate in a production on-call rotation and lead technical incident investigations.
  • Authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws is required.

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