Systems Engineer - Database Platform

Cloudflare · Hybridmid

In short

▸Ingeniero de sistemas que gestiona y escala clusters PostgreSQL multi-región.
▸Automatiza operaciones, monitorea salud y mejora el rendimiento con herramientas como Terraform, Prometheus y Kubernetes.
▸Destaca por su enfoque en fiabilidad, observabilidad y soluciones proactivas basadas en IA.

Fluency in English required for collaboration across global teams.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia en clusters PostgreSQL multi-tenancy a gran escala.
✓Capacidad para implementar alta disponibilidad y recuperación ante desastres.
✓Conocimiento en infraestructura como código (Terraform, Ansible o Salt).
✓Habilidades en scripting (Python, Bash) para automatización.
✓Experiencia con contenedores (Docker, Kubernetes).
✓Capacidad de optimizar rendimiento y ajustar consultas.

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About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other 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. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations: Austin, New York, San Francisco About the Team We manage an internal, multi-region PostgreSQL platform that enables engineers to rapidly build, deploy, and operate services. Our mission is to provide a highly available, stable, and self-service platform with clear operational visibility. As a Systems Engineer, you will collaborate with database engineers, developers, and infrastructure teams to evolve our database architecture and automation. You will be instrumental in scaling our PostgreSQL infrastructure and enhancing database reliability. If you are passionate about PostgreSQL, automation, reliability, and database tooling, let's connect! Role Responsibilities • Build, deploy, and manage PostgreSQL database clusters in production environments. • Develop and maintain database tooling for automation, monitoring and performance 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. • Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, and query tuning. Role Requirements (Must-Have Skills) Must-Have Skills • Experience with building, scaling, and managing large-scale multi-tenant PostgreSQL database clusters, encompassing high availability failover, and disaster recovery strategies. • Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible or Salt) . • Experience in scripting languages (Python, Bash) for automation. • Experience building and maintaining database tooling for automation and monitoring. • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. • Experience optimizing database performance and query tuning. • Experience with alerting and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana. Nice-to-Have Skills • Experience developing software in Go, Ruby or C/C++ • Contributions to PostgreSQL or relevant open-source projects. • Expertise in database schema migrations and automation usi

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