Requirements

3+ years of experience working in software development covering distributed systems and scalable APIs.
Strong programming skills (Go is preferable) with a deep understanding of software development best practices for building performant, customer-facing services.
Hands-on experience with modern observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana, and a strong understanding of handling high-cardinality metrics at scale.
Strong knowledge of SQL, including extensive experience with complex query optimization.
A solid foundation in computer science, including algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a willingness to debug, troubleshoot, and learn about complex problems at high scale.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with other teams across Cloudflare.

Nice to Haves

Experience developing and scaling APIs, particularly GraphQL, is a strong plus.
Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) for real-time processing is a plus.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like SALT or Terraform is a plus.
Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.

Develop and enhance customer-facing APIs focusing on performance, reliability, and user experience.
Design, build, and maintain near real-time alerting platform for data processing and anomaly detection.
Optimize performance of complex analytical queries that power APIs and dashboards.
Create intuitive tools for customers to explore data and configure alerts based on logs and metrics.
Scale API and alerting infrastructure to support a growing number of internal and external use cases.
Collaborate with front-end engineers and product managers to define API contracts.
Ensure operational health of APIs and alerting systems with comprehensive monitoring.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws.
Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusiveness.
Provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.