Cloudflare · 3 days ago
Principal Software Engineer: Resiliency
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$230K/yr - $281K/yr
10+ years expCloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, running one of the world’s largest networks. The Principal Software Engineer in Resiliency will work with various teams to develop and manage tools for a globally distributed infrastructure, ensuring scalability and performance.
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Responsibilities
You will be responsible for tools that support the management of a growing, globally distributed fleet of servers, storage, and network gear spread across over a thousand colos worldwide
You will play an active part in shaping the future of the infrastructure that propels Cloudflare’s scale and growth
Along the way you will have the opportunity to write code to bring this design to fruition as well as to mentor high-potential engineers on their distributed system journey
Together you will deliver on the key Health Mediated Deployment projects that are being tracked through senior leadership of Cloudflare up to the founders
Qualification
Required
Minimum 10 years of experience working with distributed systems
Experience designing, building and managing high volume software applications
Expert in at least one modern strongly-typed programming language
Experience debugging, measuring, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system
Excellent collaboration skills
Proven ability to convey ideas effectively through verbal and written communication
Ability to translate business needs into requirements, design documents and technical solutions
Knowledge of API design standards, patterns and best practices
Proven ability to use data to drive business outcomes
Proven experience in developing architects and lead engineers
Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design
Preferred
Experience with optimizing and scaling infrastructure provisioning, repair, and decommissioning processes and automations
Experience with scaling and simplifying Configuration Management systems managing hundreds of thousands of nodes
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
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
Company
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.08BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M
Leadership Team
Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
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