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Cloudflare · 2 weeks ago

Senior Systems Engineer, Cloudflare Data Platform

positionAustin, TX
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
date6+ years exp

Cloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, running one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites for various customers. They are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on their Cloudflare Data Platform to shape the future of industry-leading services, manage distributed systems, and deliver innovative data products.

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Responsibilities

You will own your code from inception to release, delivering solutions at all layers of the software stack to empower Cloudflare customers
On any given day, you might be architecting a new globally distributed data consistency model, optimizing storage engine performance, or designing a novel API for a new data-centric product

Qualification

Distributed systemsHigh volume software applicationsStrongly-typed programming languagesData structuresAlgorithmsDebugging large-scale systemsRustTypeScriptJavaScriptC++Linux/UNIX systems knowledge

Required

Minimum 6 years of experience working with distributed systems
Experience building and managing high volume software applications
Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design
Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language: we primarily use Rust, TypeScript, and Go
Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system

Preferred

Experience building and managing a large scale data storage platform
Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game streaming, game engine architecture, high frequency trading, payment systems
Experience working in a non-garbage collected language such as Rust or C++
Experience writing Javascript and Typescript
Deep Linux / UNIX systems knowledge

Company

Cloudflare

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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
dateFounded in 2009
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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http://www.cloudflare.com

H1B Sponsorship

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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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