Software Engineer - Kubernetes Platform
Company: Cloudflare
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
About UsAt Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious
goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one
of the world's largest networks that powers approximately 25
million 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. Internet
properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed
through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with
every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in
performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare
was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and
ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast
Company.We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are
looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to
developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to
help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a
diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an
evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their
time at Cloudflare. Come join us!About The RoleMany of Cloudflare's
critical internal services run on Kubernetes. These services
include those responsible for Cloudflare's control plane and APIs,
data analytics and other internal tools used to manage our global
network. These Kubernetes platforms are purpose-built from the
ground up and run on bare metal Linux in different regions around
the world. The scale we work at involves tens of thousands of
containers and terabits per second of network traffic. The team
takes pride in knowing this platform helps run parts of the global
Internet.As an engineer on the Kubernetes platform team, you'll be
building the tools to help engineers deploy and operate the
services that make Cloudflare work. Our mission is to provide a
reliable, yet flexible, platform to help product teams release new
software efficiently and safely. The role includes both software
engineering and devops operational responsibilities.What You'll
Do
- Create and improve Kubernetes tooling and controllers using
Go
- Design scalable and resilient systems that can keep up with
company growth
- Improve the models and systems for efficiently managing
resources such as CPU, bandwidth and storage at a large scale
- Harden the platform against security threats and application
level noisy neighbor issues
- Improve our Gitops systems and practices
- Work with App teams to understand their potential challenges
and help them choose the best way to architect their systems on
Kubernetes
- Help improve developer velocity of product teams and reduce the
friction they have with using our platforms
- Contribute back to the open source community
- Some of our favorite open source projects include: Prometheus,
Rook.io, Kubevirt, Contour, Envoy, Consul, Cdk8s, Vault, Ceph,
Cloudprober, Etcd, Calico, Terraform
- Help respond to incidents impacting the core platforms What
You'll Need
- Some recent experience with Go and at least 3 years experience
in the role of full-time systems/software engineer (any
language)
- Experience with deploying and managing containers on Linux
- Excellent debugging skills in a Linux environment
- Source control experience including branching, merging and
rebasing (we use git)
- A firm grasp of IP networking
- The ability to break down complex problems into smaller pieces,
provide options/trade-offs and drive the effort to solve the
problem Bonus Points
- Experience implementing Kubernetes controllers/operators
- Operational experience with Etcd, Calico, Cilium, Prometheus,
Rook/Ceph, SaltStack, Vault CompensationCompensation may be
adjusted depending on work location. For Colorado-based hires:
Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $206,000.EquityThis role is
eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity
plan.BenefitsCloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and
programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can
help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build
capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The
below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United
States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the
U.S.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're not just
a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly
ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental
to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the
free and open Internet.Project Galileo : We equip politically and
artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful
tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise
censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's
enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project : We created
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.Path Forward Partnership : Since 2016, we have
partnered with Path Forward, a nonprofit organization, to create
16-week positions for mid-career professionals who want to get back
to the workplace after taking time off to care for a child, parent,
or loved one.1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the
foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and
privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for
everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service
Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store
client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our
privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to
advertisers or used to target consumers.Sound like something you'd
like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!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.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. Please
tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a
job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not
limited to, changing the application process, providing documents
in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using
specialized equipment. 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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