Cloudflare · 3 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $196K/yr
7+ years expCloudflare is a technology company on a mission to help build a better Internet by running one of the world’s largest networks. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to develop customer and internal service APIs, requiring strong backend architecture and database design skills.
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Responsibilities
This role may require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours to address technical issues as needed
Cloudflare is looking for a backend engineer on our control plane product platform to help us build our customer APIs and our internal service APIs
This is a role for engineers that are familiar with standard backend architecture, and capable in database design and interaction
Our API platform is under constant load and scrutiny, so experience and commitment to easily understood and tested code is also a key part of the role
Your ability to visualize the flow of data through a complex application is critical to your success, and to the team’s
You will be working closely with the product team to understand and document the functional needs of their product requirements, developing new code to solve new problems, as well as maintaining existing code to squash bugs
Qualification
Required
7-10 years of professional experience building and managing software applications at large scale
Has managed or maintained Terraform providers (not just used them)
Strong OpenAPI experience
Strong API design principles
Deep knowledge of Go with strong computer science fundamentals is a must
Experience in designing and architecting large-scale distributed systems
Experience designing, implementing, and documenting customer-facing APIs
Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying possible failures in a large-scale distributed system
Experience with containers (Docker & Kubernetes)
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
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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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