Principal Content Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TXSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$230,000–$317,000 / yr
Posted
36 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $195k
This role $274k
$122k most similar roles pay here $338k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $274k versus about $195k for comparable roles.

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About Cloudflare, Inc

Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

Cloudflare, Inc currently has 190 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $215,000–$278,000 across 59 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Principal Content Engineer

The Principal Content Engineer joins the Developer GTM team to serve as the primary engine for developer growth and engagement. In this high-ownership role, you will design content architecture, establish editorial standards, and build scalable systems that treat content like software through CI checks and automated pipelines. You will personally author flagship technical tutorials, reference architectures, and runnable sample apps involving Workers, R2, and Durable Objects. To solve the challenge of evolving learning journeys in an AI-driven landscape, you will develop tools to ensure content is optimized for both humans and LLMs. The role requires deep expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern web development, alongside a mastery of technical writing and information architecture. You will translate complex distributed systems into accessible narratives while building the infrastructure that ensures high-quality, consistent developer education at scale.

What you'll do

  • Define and manage content architecture, editorial standards, and quality benchmarks across all developer-facing platforms.
  • Build automated systems including CI checks and AI-assisted tools to ensure technical content remains accurate and up-to-date.
  • Write and develop flagship technical content such as deep tutorials, reference architectures, and runnable sample applications.
  • Map content to the developer journey to drive acquisition, activation, and production usage through data-driven experimentation.
  • Develop AI-native content tools and ensure documentation is optimized for consumption by LLMs and AI agents.
  • Identify emerging industry trends and translate them into narratives that position Cloudflare as a leading platform.
  • Establish standardized templates and tooling to ensure consistency across all team-produced technical content.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 12+ years of experience at the intersection of technical content, developer education, and software engineering.
  • Must possess exceptional technical writing and editing skills to set high quality standards for large bodies of work.
  • Must have deep engineering expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern web development.
  • Must be able to design, build, and maintain production tooling including CI/CD and version control systems.
  • Experience building automated content systems, such as pipelines, CI checks, and AI-assisted review tools, is required.
  • Must have experience with information architecture and editorial standards for substantial technical sites or programs.
  • Experience in content analytics and experimentation to drive acquisition and adoption outcomes is required.
  • Must be authorized to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws.

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