Principal Software Engineer: Distributed Systems (Config, Test, & Deployment)Active$230K–$288K

Too many of Cloudflare's most impactful incidents have had unsafe change as a root cause. The Intent Management exists to make safe change the easy button and this is the most senior IC role in that organization, reporting directly to the Senior Director.

What you'll do

• + years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated history of: leading complex, organization-wide technical initiatives that delivered measurable improvements to system performance, reliability, security, developer productivity, or engineering culture.

• Strong track record of technical leadership and influence without direct: authority, including driving consensus on technical decisions across multiple teams, mentoring senior engineers, and establishing architectural patterns that are widely adopted across an organization.

• Experience designing, building and managing high volume, global scale software applications.

• Expert in at least one modern strongly-typed programming language

• Knowledge of API design standards, patterns and best practices

• Experience working with top tier LLMs to plan, write, test, and deploy software

What they're looking for

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action
• Experience with scaling and simplifying high scale Configuration Management systems
• Familiarity with Google’s Prodspec and Annealing systems
• Experience with Kubernetes