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Cloudflare · 1 month ago

Principal Systems Engineer - Billing

Cloudflare is a company on a mission to build a better Internet, operating one of the world’s largest networks. The Principal Systems Engineer will lead the Billing Engineering Team, focusing on rebuilding the billing platform and ensuring financial accuracy while driving technical excellence.

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Responsibilities

Lead a team of talented, collaborative engineers working across Cloudflare’s ecosystem
Navigate multiple high-profile projects, foster a culture of proactive communication and continuous learning, and drive technical excellence
Work on a range of transactional microservices written in Go
Maintain operational excellence by triaging, solving various inbound tickets related to issues across services billing maintains
Own bigger initiatives and lead projects from start to finish solo or as part of a smaller team

Qualification

GolangDistributed systemsRESTful APIsPostgreSQLMicroservicesEvent driven architectureCommunication skillsTeam collaborationProblem solving

Required

BS+ in Computer Science or equivalent experience
7+ years professional experience as a developer/engineer
Knowledge of Golang or desire to learn it
Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and service security
Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
Experience with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environment
Experience implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems/microservices
Familiarity with event driven architecture
Experience with API tooling and standards (Swagger/OpenAPI, OAuth/JWT)
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action

Company

Cloudflare

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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (117)
2024 (115)
2023 (66)
2022 (98)
2021 (83)
2020 (37)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.08B
Key Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M

Leadership Team

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Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
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Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
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