Cloudflare
Senior Systems Engineer – Registrar
Location:
Austin or Lisbon
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
About the Team Domain management is the foundation for any online presence and Cloudflare Registrar is our answer to a simple and straightforward experience. The Registrar product manages the full lifecycle of the domains, including searching/ registering for new domains and transferring/ renewing existing ones. Onboarding domains on Cloudflare is the gateway to the vast array of Cloudflare services.
What You'll Do We are looking for a talented systems engineer to be part of our engineering team. Come be part of the team and work with a group of passionate, talented engineers that will be creating innovative products. The amount of requests being processed is massive and we utilize all the latest technology to ensure its scalability and availability.
Requirements
5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on designing, building and scaling data infrastructure
Experience with product teams to understand goals and develop robust and scalable solutions that align with the customer need
Strong communication skills, especially around articulating technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
Experience working on, and deploying, large scale systems in Typescript, Go, Ruby/Rails, Java, or other high performance languages
Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
Strong systems level programming skills
Excited by the idea of optimizing complex solutions to general problems that all websites face
Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
Responsibilities
Designing, building, running and scaling tools and services that support the full spectrum of domain management.
Analyzing and communicating complex technical requirements and concepts, identifying the highest priority areas, and carving a path to delivery
Improving system design and architecture to ensure stability and performance of the internal and customer-facing compliance concerns
Working closely with Cloudflare's Trust and Safety team to help make the internet a better place
Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of production services, including participation in on‑call rotations
Bonus Points
Experience with Cloudflare Developer Platform
Experience with Ruby or Go (or a strong desire to learn)
Experience working with OpenAPI
Experience with AI coding tools
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience with Kibana, Grafana, and/or Prometheus
Experience with relational databases (e.g. Postgres)
Experience with Gitlab and Gitlab CI
Experience with DNS (and DNSSEC)
Experience in the registry/registrar industry
Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits Health & Welfare 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
Financial Benefits:
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off:
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
What Makes Cloudflare Special? We are a highly ambitious, large‑scale technology company with a soul, committed to protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo – Since 2014, we equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work.
Athenian Project – In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we have provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1 – We released a free, public DNS resolver that builds a faster, more secure and privacy‑centric internet. We do not store client IP addresses and abide by our privacy commitment.
Export Control This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Equal Opportunity Employment Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e‑mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
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Austin or Lisbon
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
About the Team Domain management is the foundation for any online presence and Cloudflare Registrar is our answer to a simple and straightforward experience. The Registrar product manages the full lifecycle of the domains, including searching/ registering for new domains and transferring/ renewing existing ones. Onboarding domains on Cloudflare is the gateway to the vast array of Cloudflare services.
What You'll Do We are looking for a talented systems engineer to be part of our engineering team. Come be part of the team and work with a group of passionate, talented engineers that will be creating innovative products. The amount of requests being processed is massive and we utilize all the latest technology to ensure its scalability and availability.
Requirements
5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on designing, building and scaling data infrastructure
Experience with product teams to understand goals and develop robust and scalable solutions that align with the customer need
Strong communication skills, especially around articulating technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
Experience working on, and deploying, large scale systems in Typescript, Go, Ruby/Rails, Java, or other high performance languages
Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
Strong systems level programming skills
Excited by the idea of optimizing complex solutions to general problems that all websites face
Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
Responsibilities
Designing, building, running and scaling tools and services that support the full spectrum of domain management.
Analyzing and communicating complex technical requirements and concepts, identifying the highest priority areas, and carving a path to delivery
Improving system design and architecture to ensure stability and performance of the internal and customer-facing compliance concerns
Working closely with Cloudflare's Trust and Safety team to help make the internet a better place
Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of production services, including participation in on‑call rotations
Bonus Points
Experience with Cloudflare Developer Platform
Experience with Ruby or Go (or a strong desire to learn)
Experience working with OpenAPI
Experience with AI coding tools
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience with Kibana, Grafana, and/or Prometheus
Experience with relational databases (e.g. Postgres)
Experience with Gitlab and Gitlab CI
Experience with DNS (and DNSSEC)
Experience in the registry/registrar industry
Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits Health & Welfare 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
Financial Benefits:
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off:
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
What Makes Cloudflare Special? We are a highly ambitious, large‑scale technology company with a soul, committed to protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo – Since 2014, we equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work.
Athenian Project – In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we have provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1 – We released a free, public DNS resolver that builds a faster, more secure and privacy‑centric internet. We do not store client IP addresses and abide by our privacy commitment.
Export Control This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Equal Opportunity Employment Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e‑mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
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