Systems Engineer, DNS

Cloudflare, Inc

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Hybrid

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Hybrid
Location
Austin, TX
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Cloudflare, Inc

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.

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TL;DR · Systems Engineer, DNS

The Systems Engineer, DNS joins the DNS team to maintain and expand a massive global infrastructure that handles trillions of daily queries. This role involves taking ownership of medium-to-large projects, writing high-quality production code, and mentoring junior engineers. You will build and operate proprietary systems for authoritative DNS and public recursive resolvers, focusing on protocol implementation, distributed systems, performance, and reliability. The position requires strong systems programming fundamentals, including concurrency and networking, with the ability to write production code in Rust or Go. You will solve complex service issues, manage rollouts and monitoring, and contribute to product requirement documents. The work addresses the technical challenges of scaling custom DNS technology, ensuring high performance and reliability across a global network for millions of internet properties.

What does a Systems Engineer earn?

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What you'll do

  • Maintain and expand DNS infrastructure by implementing new features for customers.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code to simplify and improve systems.
  • Debug and resolve complex service issues with minimal assistance to improve system resilience.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for moderately complex systems and project inquiries.
  • Propose and implement solutions to improve team processes and technology.
  • Mentor junior engineers through thoughtful code and design reviews.
  • Provide input on product requirement documents in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Own the full lifecycle of changes including rollout, monitoring, and on-call support.

What we're looking for

  • BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience (preferred).
  • Strong systems programming fundamentals, including performance, concurrency, and networking (preferred).
  • Ability to write production code in Rust or Go, or a track record of learning a comparable language quickly (preferred).
  • Ability to drive projects to completion and scope work effectively for yourself and other team members (preferred).
  • Experience running established team meetings or technical discussions (preferred).
  • Contributions to technical documentation or talks that guide your team or organization (preferred).
  • Experience interviewing and providing meaningful feedback on technical candidates (preferred).
  • Export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

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