Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare Queues

Cloudflare, Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 46 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare Queues

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Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare Queues joins the Emerging Technologies & Incubation team to develop a managed, global message queuing service for developers. This role involves designing and building features that improve reliability, performance, and delivery guarantees while managing message buffering and producer/consumer scalability under load. The engineer will own code from inception through release across all layers of the software stack, including writing design documents and debugging user-facing issues. Key technical requirements include proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and systems-level programming, alongside experience with distributed systems, data analysis, and API design. Candidates must be comfortable using AI-assisted development tools throughout the lifecycle to solve complex problems. The work focuses on providing a foundational building block for event-driven and asynchronous applications integrated with Cloudflare Workers across a global edge network.

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Skills

Distributed Systems TypeScript JavaScript Message Queuing Git AI-assisted Development Cloudflare Workers

What you'll do

Design and build the Cloudflare Queues managed message queuing service.
Maintain and improve a global-scale messaging system for developer platforms.
Improve reliability, performance, and delivery guarantees for high-volume production systems.
Own the full development lifecycle from initial design to final release.
Develop features across all layers of the software stack.
Write technical design documents to propose and communicate complex solutions.
Integrate AI tools responsibly throughout the software development lifecycle.
Debug and resolve user-facing bugs in a high-scale environment.

What we're looking for

Candidates must have 4+ years of experience with distributed systems and data.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools across the software development lifecycle is required.
Proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript is required.
Strong systems-level programming skills are required.
Experience monitoring, alerting, and debugging high-volume production systems is required.
Experience designing and building APIs is required.
Ability to write design documents and communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely.
Authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws is required.

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