Software Engineer, Cloudflare

R2 Storage

Salary not provided
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
Java
Linux
Go
C++
Rust
Unix
Senior and Expert level
London
Cloudflare

Web performance and security platform

Job no longer available

Cloudflare

Web performance and security platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
Java
Linux
Go
C++
Rust
Unix
Senior and Expert level
London

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Company mission

Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.

Role

Who you are

  • Minimum 8 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 such as Go, Java, C#, Rust, or C++
  • Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale Linux-based distributed system
  • Deep understanding of the web and technologies such as web browsers, HTTP, JavaScript and WebAssembly

Desirable

  • Experience building and managing a large scale object 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

What the job involves

  • Cloudflare's R2 Storage is distributed object storage accessible through Cloudflare's infrastructure allowing customers–both internal and external–the convenience of accessing their data from anywhere with the reliability and performance of Cloudflare infrastructure
  • In this role, you'll work with a top-notch engineering team to drive R2 Storage forward by ensuring continual reliability, maintaining best-in-class performance, and implementing new features and functionality
  • 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 write a design document that outlines how you plan to solve a specific problem, modify how R2 Storage processes requests, or fix a bug in how our user experience renders
  • You can expect to interact with a variety of languages and technologies including, but not limited to JavaScript, Typescript, Rust, and C++

Salary benchmarks

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with around 25 million global internet properties on its network.

Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.

This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.

The cloud infrastructure market reached $53 billion in 2022. While the Big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) own 65% of the market, that still leaves billions of dollars left for companies such as Cloudflare. Its ambitious and successful work is likely to continue being a crucial feature of the web, but in 2023, placed it in the crosshairs of hackers looking to exploit its infrastructure. The beginning of 2024 saw Cloudflare vow to bolster its security and patch vulnerabilities.

Insights

Led by a woman

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Minimum 8 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) plans
  • Family planning and fertility program
  • Gym discounts
  • Commuter Benefits Program

Company values

  • Principled - We create our products and features with a global mindset and democratize important and innovative technologies that drive adoption of the latest standards
  • Curious - Our team is made up of pioneering innovators that approach new challenges with interest and a desire to learn
  • Transparent - We hold ourselves accountable when we make mistakes—and we do everything we can to learn from them

Company HQ

China Basin, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Lee Holloway

(Lead Engineer)

Lee started their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.

Michelle Zatlyn

(President & COO)

Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.

Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare as CEO in March 2009.

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