Job Description
Job Overview
As a Systems Engineer in the Database Platform team at Cloudflare, you will play a critical role in building and operating databases at scale, empowering internal engineering teams to deliver products efficiently through a resilient and automated data infrastructure. This position is pivotal in enhancing the PostgreSQL infrastructure while advancing automation and database tooling as part of the company's growth.
Technical Requirements
Required Skills
- • PostgreSQL
- • automation
- • database tooling
- • scripting languages
- • database schema optimization
Preferred Skills
- • containerization technologies
- • infrastructure-as-code
- • contributions to open-source projects
Experience Level
Experience in building large multi-tenant databases, optimizing performance and query tuning, and managing database infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- • Build, deploy, and manage PostgreSQL databases in production environments.
- • Develop and optimize database schemas, queries, and procedures for performance and scalability.
- • Develop and maintain database tooling for automation, monitoring, and performance tuning.
- • Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, and query tuning.
- • Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
- • Work closely with Infrastructure and Applications teams to integrate database tools.
- • Implement proactive solutions using observability tools to monitor database health.
Benefits & Perks
- • Medical/Rx Insurance
- • Dental Insurance
- • Vision Insurance
- • Flexible Spending Accounts
- • Commuter Spending Accounts
- • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- • On-demand mental health support
- • Global Travel Medical Insurance
- • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- • Life & Accident Insurance
- • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- • Employee Stock Participation Plan
- • Flexible paid time off
Additional Information
- Location
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Austin TX, Washington DC
- Type
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Hybrid
- Compensation
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Estimated annual salary of $154,000 - $188,000 for Washington D.C. based hires, with adjustments based on work location.