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Systems Engineering, Metrics and Alerting

Cloudflare· Infrastructure
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Hybrid (London), Hybrid (Lisbon)€66k - €91kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Role on the internal Observability Team within Cloudflare's Production Engineering, focusing on metrics, alerting, logging, tracing and related observability capabilities for highly distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deliver, and operate software and a platform that progresses Cloudflare's Observability competency
  • Solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services in our Metrics & Alerting pipeline
  • Work on highly distributed and scalable systems
  • Participate in the constant cycle of knowledge sharing and mentoring
  • Participate in the global on-call rotation for the services your team owns
  • Research and introduce cutting-edge technologies
  • Contribute to open-source

Qualifications

  • A Software Engineering background and proficiency in high-level programming languages (e.g., Go)
  • Proficiency in Data structures and databases like TSDBs, Columnar stores or related
  • Proficiency in distributed Linux environments
  • Proficiency in designing high-scale distributed systems
  • Proficiency in Prometheus, Alertmanager, Thanos
  • Experience working in a fast, high-growth environment
  • Experience working in a 24/7/365 service environment
  • Exquisite written and verbal communication skills
  • Familiarity with Internetworking, networking protocols Layer 2-7 of the OSI model and BGP
  • Strong bias for action

Skills

Required:GoTSDBs / Columnar storesDistributed LinuxDistributed systems designPrometheus / Alertmanager / ThanosCommunication

Benefits

  • Equity eligible for Cloudflare's equity plan
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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