Senior System Engineer
Join Cloudflare as a Senior System Engineer to enhance network resilience and automate operations in a global infrastructure.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage AI tools and automated assistants to streamline daily workflows.
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior System Engineer at Cloudflare, the individual will focus on developing and enhancing software solutions that bolster network resilience while minimizing operational challenges. Key skills include expertise in distributed systems, infrastructure automation, and proficiency in programming languages like Python or Golang. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with over six years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or software engineering, particularly those who thrive in a dynamic, innovative environment. Cloudflare's culture emphasizes collaboration and the use of AI tools to streamline processes.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 2, 2026. Last confirmed on Cloudflare's careers page October 26, 2026.
- Starts above 2% of 152 comparable senior devops/sre roles we track (median $163,090 across 66 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior System Engineer role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Hybrid.
- What's the salary range?
- Cloudflare lists €66,000–€91,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Senior System Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Cloudflare is hiring for this position in Hybrid.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Ansible, Chef, Docker, Golang, Grafana, Kubernetes.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Cloudflare targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior System Engineer role at Cloudflare.
From the original posting
About Us
Available Locations: Lisbon
About the Department
Cloudflare's Network Engineering Team builds and runs the infrastructure that runs our software. The Engineering Team is split into two groups: one handles product development and the other handles operations. Product development covers both new features and functionality and scaling our existing software to meet the challenges of a massively growing customer base. The operations team handles one of the world's largest networks with data centers in 190 cities worldwide and a couple of large specialized data centers for internal needs.
About the role
Cloudflare operates a large global network spanning hundreds of cities (data centers). You will join a team of talented network automation engineers who are building software solutions to improve network resilience and reduce engineering operational toil.
In this role, you will work on a range of tools, infrastructure and services - new and existing - with an aim to elegantly and efficiently solve problems and deliver practical, maintainable and scalable solutions. Leverage AI tools and automated assistants to streamline daily workflows.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of SRE, DevOps or Software Engineering experience.
- Distributed Systems & Infrastructure - deep understanding of modern Linux internals, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Experience with IaC tools and CI/CD pipeline automation.
- Proficient in programming languages like Python or Golang.
- Observability & Telemetry - hands on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing and metrics- driven alerting.
- Systems Design - proven track record of designing reliable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
- Demonstrated experience working alongside AI assistants or automated tools to augment task execution and project delivery
Bonus Points:
- Knowledge of Networking engineering, with competencies in Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols and network APIs (gRPC/gNMI, NETCONF).
- Experience working with configuration management frameworks: Ansible, Chef, Saltstack.
- Experience with declarative configuration management and state-reconciliation systems.
- Experience managing internal and/or external customer requirements and expectations
Compensation
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For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €66,000 - €91,000.
Equity
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This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
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