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Senior Systems Engineer, Basin Pipelines

Cloudflare· Emerging Technology and Incubation
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Austin, TX; Seattle, WA or London, UK$185k - $254kfull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior Systems Engineer focused on Cloudflare's core storage and streaming products, designing and implementing foundational layers of next-generation data services for Basin Pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior Systems Engineer focused on Cloudflare's core storage and streaming products, you will design and implement the foundational layers of our next-generation data services. We work backward from developer needs, reimagining solutions by leveraging our unique global network.
  • You will own your code from inception to release, delivering solutions at all layers of the software stack to empower Cloudflare customers.
  • On any given day, you might be architecting a new globally distributed data consistency model, optimizing storage engine performance, or designing a novel API for a new data-centric product.
  • Interact with a variety of languages and technologies including, but not limited to JavaScript, Typescript, Rust, and C++.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying the internals of large-scale distributed systems or storage engines from scratch.
  • Direct experience writing core components of a storage or streaming system.
  • Proven track record of debugging, profiling, and fixing complex race conditions, split-brain scenarios, and network partition failures at the infrastructure layer.
  • Deep, expert-level proficiency in Rust or C++ applied to systems programming.

Skills

Required:Distributed systems designStorage/Streaming system componentsRust or C++

Benefits

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
  • On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Global Travel Medical Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Participation Plan
  • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
  • Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
  • Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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