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Cloudflare . About Cloudflare: we help build a better Internet. Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and Internet properties. We protect and accelerate Internet applications without requiring hardware, software installations, or code changes. Cloudflare is recognized for its culture and innovation. Available Locations
Available locations include Austin, TX; Washington, DC. About the Department
The Database Platform Team, within Cloudflare's Infrastructure Engineering, builds and operates databases at scale. The team’s mission is to empower internal engineering teams, delivering products quickly and reliably through automated, scalable data infrastructure. We automate database infrastructure, strengthen resiliency, and enable applications to scale, reducing operational complexities for database management. This role offers the opportunity to develop new features, integrate with database tooling, and advance automation across our platform. What You’ll Do
You will work with database engineers, software developers, and Infrastructure teams to evolve database platform architecture, access control, and automation strategies. You will help enhance PostgreSQL infrastructure, improve database reliability, automation, and tooling. If you are passionate about PostgreSQL, automation, and database tooling, we’d love to hear from you. Build, deploy, and manage PostgreSQL databases in production environments. Develop and optimize database schemas, queries, and procedures for performance and scalability. Develop and maintain database tooling for automation, monitoring, and performance tuning. Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, and query tuning. Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions. Work closely with Infrastructure and Applications teams to integrate database tools. Implement proactive solutions using observability tools to monitor database health. Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
Experience building large multi-tenant databases, capacity planning, failover design, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. Experience building and maintaining database tooling for automation and monitoring. Experience optimizing database performance and query tuning. Experience with alerting and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana. Experience in scripting languages (Python, Bash) for automation. Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible or Salt). Nice-to-Have Skills
Expertise in database schema migrations and automation using Flyway, Liquibase or Goose. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Contributions to PostgreSQL or relevant open-source projects. Experience with connection pooling solutions such as PgBouncer, HAProxy. Experience with non-relational data stores (e.g., distributed and time-series databases like Cassandra, Timescale) and key-value stores (Redis). Experience developing software in Go, Python or C/C++. Compensation and Benefits
Compensation may be adjusted based on work location. Example ranges: Washington, D.C. based hires: $154,000–$188,000 per year. This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Cloudflare offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, FSA, commuter benefits, fertility and family-forming benefits, mental health support, and more. Details vary by location. Equal Opportunity
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available on request. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws. Employment eligibility may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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Join to apply for the
Systems Engineer - Database Platform
role at
Cloudflare . About Cloudflare: we help build a better Internet. Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and Internet properties. We protect and accelerate Internet applications without requiring hardware, software installations, or code changes. Cloudflare is recognized for its culture and innovation. Available Locations
Available locations include Austin, TX; Washington, DC. About the Department
The Database Platform Team, within Cloudflare's Infrastructure Engineering, builds and operates databases at scale. The team’s mission is to empower internal engineering teams, delivering products quickly and reliably through automated, scalable data infrastructure. We automate database infrastructure, strengthen resiliency, and enable applications to scale, reducing operational complexities for database management. This role offers the opportunity to develop new features, integrate with database tooling, and advance automation across our platform. What You’ll Do
You will work with database engineers, software developers, and Infrastructure teams to evolve database platform architecture, access control, and automation strategies. You will help enhance PostgreSQL infrastructure, improve database reliability, automation, and tooling. If you are passionate about PostgreSQL, automation, and database tooling, we’d love to hear from you. Build, deploy, and manage PostgreSQL databases in production environments. Develop and optimize database schemas, queries, and procedures for performance and scalability. Develop and maintain database tooling for automation, monitoring, and performance tuning. Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, and query tuning. Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions. Work closely with Infrastructure and Applications teams to integrate database tools. Implement proactive solutions using observability tools to monitor database health. Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
Experience building large multi-tenant databases, capacity planning, failover design, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. Experience building and maintaining database tooling for automation and monitoring. Experience optimizing database performance and query tuning. Experience with alerting and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana. Experience in scripting languages (Python, Bash) for automation. Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible or Salt). Nice-to-Have Skills
Expertise in database schema migrations and automation using Flyway, Liquibase or Goose. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Contributions to PostgreSQL or relevant open-source projects. Experience with connection pooling solutions such as PgBouncer, HAProxy. Experience with non-relational data stores (e.g., distributed and time-series databases like Cassandra, Timescale) and key-value stores (Redis). Experience developing software in Go, Python or C/C++. Compensation and Benefits
Compensation may be adjusted based on work location. Example ranges: Washington, D.C. based hires: $154,000–$188,000 per year. This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Cloudflare offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, FSA, commuter benefits, fertility and family-forming benefits, mental health support, and more. Details vary by location. Equal Opportunity
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available on request. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws. Employment eligibility may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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