Cloudflare · 2 weeks ago
Senior Systems Engineer, Platform
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expCloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, operating one of the world’s largest networks. As a Senior Systems Engineer on the Global Resource Management team, you will tackle complex system architecture problems and design scalable systems that support Cloudflare's operations and growth.
AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareSecurityWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Solve Deep, Foundational Problems: Dive into complex, cross-cutting engineering challenges that benefit all Cloudflare products by creating organized, efficient, and well-managed applications
Architect for Organization and Clarity: Design and make core architectural decisions focused on reducing fanout and simplifying system dependencies. The objective is to make platform adoption seamless and straightforward for product engineering teams
Build Scalable Systems: Be responsible for proposing architectures, writing detailed specifications, and implementing high-quality, maintainable code to build scalable and highly available systems
Drive Code Quality: Actively participate in thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback on technical specifications and designs, and ensure all implementations adhere to best practices for reliability and security
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional experience in software development, building and operating mission-critical, high-scale distributed systems
Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) or a similar modern systems language (e.g., Rust, Java, C++)
Proven experience in designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available services at cloud-scale
Deep understanding of concepts related to organization, dependency management, and resource orchestration in a large, multi-tenant environment
Experience participating in a code review process and contributing thoughtful feedback to design specifications
Comfortable working across teams to identify shared challenges and propose platform-level solutions
Preferred
Familiarity with Cloudflare's core technologies, such as edge computing or global networking
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and related technologies
Company
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
1001-5000 employees
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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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