Senior Systems Engineer, Cloudflare Data PlatformActive$185K–$254K

As a Senior Engineer focused on Cloudflare's storage and database products, you will shape the future of industry-leading services that redefine what is possible for developers. We don't just copy what other cloud providers do; we work backward from developer needs, reimagining…

What you'll do

• R2 Data Catalog manages the Iceberg metadata and now performs ongoing: maintenance, including compaction, to improve query performance

• R2 SQL is our in-house distributed SQL engine, designed to perform: petabyte-scale queries over your data in R2

• Minimum 6 years of experience working with distributed systems.

• Experience building and managing high volume software applications.

• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data: structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design.

• Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language: we primarily use Rust, TypeScript, and Go.

What they're looking for

• Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system.
• Experience building and managing a large scale data storage platform.
• Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game: streaming, game engine architecture, high frequency trading, payment systems
• Experience working in a non-garbage collected language such as Rust or C++.