Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Cloudflare, Inc

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Washington, DCAustin, TXNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$230,000–$288,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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 133 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

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As a Senior Individual Contributor in Cloudflare’s Intent Management organization, part of the Foundational Engineering team, you will lead the technical coherence of a platform that ensures safe changes across globally distributed key-value storage and progressive release systems. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing new systems, writing production code, reviewing proposals from senior engineers, and integrating large language models into Cloudflare’s processes. You will work with experienced engineers who have presented at major tech conferences to deliver critical Health Mediated Deployment projects tracked by senior leadership. The role requires extensive experience in leading complex technical initiatives, expertise in modern strongly-typed programming languages, API design standards, and familiarity with Kubernetes and RocksDB. Additionally, knowledge of health checking platforms and public evidence of technical leadership are highly valued.

Skills

Kubernetes RocksDB LLMs API design standards Health checking platforms Configuration Management systems Google Prodspec Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL Python Go JavaScript AWS GCP Azure Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Own the technical coherence of a platform spanning global key-value storage and configuration delivery.
  • Design new systems and review proposals from senior engineers for safe change implementation.
  • Integrate LLMs into Cloudflare’s processes and systems to enhance software development.
  • Work on Health Mediated Deployment projects tracked by senior leadership up to the founders.
  • Translate requirements of Edge and control-plane platforms into technical primitives for teams.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with proven leadership in complex technical initiatives.
  • Strong track record of technical influence and mentoring senior engineers across multiple teams.
  • Expertise in designing, building, and managing high-volume, global-scale applications.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern strongly-typed programming language.
  • Experience integrating LLMs into software planning, writing, testing, and deployment processes.
  • Knowledge of API design standards and best practices.

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