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Principal Software Engineer

Cloudflare is a leader in internet security and performance, operating a massive global network to protect and accelerate millions of internet properties. They seek a Principal Software Engineer with deep experience in distributed systems to drive product innovation and reliability within their Emerging Technologies & Incubation division.

Skills

  • Expertise in distributed systems architecture and management.
  • Proficiency with at least one modern strongly-typed programming language (Go, TypeScript, Rust).
  • Strong debugging, optimization, and failure mode analysis skills in large-scale systems.
  • Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design.
  • Experience with low-latency real-time environments and non-garbage collected languages.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the reliability and performance of the R2 Storage distributed object storage system.
  • Develop new features and functionality across all layers of the software stack.
  • Write design documents and implement solutions from inception through release.
  • Collaborate with a high-performing engineering team using multiple languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, and C++.
  • Maintain and optimize a large-scale distributed system with high volume traffic.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Benefits

  • Inclusive and diverse work culture with strong commitment to career development.
  • Opportunities to contribute to projects impacting free and open internet access.
  • Support for reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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Cloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks, with nearly 10 percent of the Fortune 1,000 as paying customers and approximately 19 percent of the top 10,000 websites using a...

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June 26, 2025

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