Senior Systems Engineer, Basin Platform

Cloudflare, Inc

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On-site
Location
Austin, TXSeattle, WALondon, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Salary
$194,000–$266,000 / yr
Posted
119 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

Cloudflare, Inc currently has 110 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Systems Engineer, Basin Platform

The Senior Systems Engineer, Basin Platform joins the Emerging Technologies & Incubation team to develop storage and database products. This role involves owning code from inception to release, where you will architect globally distributed data consistency models, optimize storage engine performance, and design novel APIs. You will specifically work on Basin Catalog to manage Iceberg table metadata and perform compaction, as well as Basin SQL, an in-house distributed SQL engine for petabyte-scale queries over R2. The position requires expertise in distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms. You will utilize a technical stack including Rust, TypeScript, Go, JavaScript, and C++. The work focuses on solving complex data residency and performance problems by leveraging a global network to provide innovative, high-performance data products for developers.

What does a Systems Engineer earn?

Median $160000 from 251 postings across 41 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own code from inception to release across all layers of the software stack.
  • Architect new globally distributed data consistency models for storage and database products.
  • Optimize storage engine performance to handle petabyte-scale queries.
  • Design novel APIs for new data-centric products.
  • Perform ongoing maintenance and compaction for the R2 Data Catalog to improve query performance.
  • Debug and identify failure modes in large-scale distributed systems.
  • Develop solutions using languages such as Rust, TypeScript, Go, JavaScript, or C++.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 6 years of experience working with distributed systems.
  • Experience building and managing high volume software applications.
  • Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design.
  • Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language such as Rust, TypeScript, or Go.
  • Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system.
  • Experience building and managing a large scale data storage platform (preferred).
  • Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game streaming, high frequency trading, or payment systems (preferred).
  • Export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

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