Distributed Systems Engineer - Data Platform - Logs and Audit Logs

Cloudflare is a leading technology company focused on building a better Internet, and they are seeking experienced Distributed Systems Engineers to join their DATA Organisation. This role involves designing and maintaining high-performance distributed systems that handle critical logs and analytics, providing customers with actionable insights into their online properties.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate a robust logging platform, ensuring reliable logging, and secure data transfer to a wide array of customer destinations and third-party integrations
• Develop and maintain high-performance data connectors and integrations for our log-shipping products, focusing on usability, scalability and data integrity
• Create and manage systems for handling comprehensive audit logs, ensuring they are delivered securely and adhere to strict compliance and performance standards
• Scale and optimise the data delivery pipeline to handle massive data volumes with low latency, identifying and removing bottlenecks in data processing and routing
• Work closely with Product and other engineering teams to define requirements for a new logging platform and integrations
• Maintain the operational health of our log delivery platform through comprehensive monitoring and participation in an on-call rotation (with flexibility for out-of-hours technical issue resolution)
• Collaborate on the architectural evolution of our data egress platform, researching and implementing new technologies to improve efficiency and reliability

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience working in software development covering distributed systems and data pipelines
• Strong programming skills (Go is preferable), with a deep understanding of software development best practices for building resilient, high-throughput systems
• 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 experience with query optimisation
• 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
• Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) is a strong plus
• Experience with various logging platforms or SIEMs (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, Sumo Logic) and storage destinations (e.g., S3, R2, GCS) 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