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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.
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The Senior Software Engineer, R2 Gateway joins the R2 Gateway team to manage the request-facing layer of Cloudflare's object storage platform. This role involves designing, implementing, and operating an S3-compatible API gateway that handles authentication, request routing, rate limiting, and coordination between clients and storage layers. You will build and operate production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes to ensure low-latency, highly available access at global scale. Key responsibilities include owning projects from design to production monitoring while maintaining strict S3 API compatibility. The role requires proficiency in Rust, TypeScript, or Go, along with experience in distributed systems, edge computing, and service-oriented architectures. You will solve complex problems regarding high-throughput request paths, reliability, and observability while utilizing AI tools to accelerate development and debugging workflows.
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Design, implement, and operate the S3-compatible API gateway to ensure low-latency and high availability.
Build and operate production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes to handle high-throughput traffic.
Manage the end-to-end request path including authentication, authorization, routing, rate limiting, and error handling.
Own projects from initial design documentation through implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring.
Improve the reliability, performance, and observability of the gateway while reducing operational toil.
Participate in on-call rotations, resolve incidents, and write postmortems to improve reliability standards.
Use AI tools extensively to accelerate development, debugging, and operational tasks.
What we're looking for
Strong programming skills in Rust, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages (preferred).
5+ years of experience building or operating large-scale distributed systems on the request path (preferred).
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts such as object storage, HTTP/API gateways, edge computing, or service-oriented architectures (preferred).
Experience designing and operating high-throughput APIs including authentication, routing, rate limiting, and backward-compatible API evolution (preferred).
Understanding of reliability and observability practices including monitoring, alerting, performance tuning, and incident response (preferred).
Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain technical decisions and coordinate across teams (preferred).
Experience with the S3 API surface, Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, or edge computing platforms (preferred).
Export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
Java
J2EE
Spring
Spring Boot
Distributed Systems
Event-Driven Architecture
SQL
Public Cloud
Real-time Data Processing
CI/CD
Agile
Unit Testing
WCAG) 2.2 AA