Senior API Systems Engineer - Go, SDKs & Terraform

WebHosting; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a senior engineer for the API Experience team. You will build and maintain SDKs, Terraform provider, and code-generation tooling, while shaping API versioning and governance.

You’ll collaborate across languages and teams, respond to customers, and drive improvements in developer experience. You will own projects end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and leverage AI/automation to streamline workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale software applications.
• Deep Go expertise with production software experience.
• Fluency across TypeScript and Python.
• Experience building, maintaining, or contributing to a Terraform provider.
• Experience shipping SDKs or client libraries, including testing and releases.
• Well-reasoned opinions about API design and developer tooling.
• Strong technical judgment to lead projects from design through delivery.
• Mentoring junior engineers and giving thoughtful feedback.
• Experience using AI and automation to improve engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain SDKs, Terraform provider, and code generation tooling.
• Develop API versioning and compatibility practices.
• Improve API governance with consistent schemas and standards.
• Support internal teams and engage with customers to resolve issues and drive improvements.
• Own projects from design through release and ongoing maintenance.

Skills

Go expertise

TypeScript

Python

Terraform

SDKs/Client libraries

API design

Technical judgment

Mentoring

AI in engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a senior engineer for the API Experience team. You will build and maintain SDKs, Terraform provider, and code-generation tooling, while shaping API versioning and governance.

You’ll collaborate across languages and teams, respond to customers, and drive improvements in developer experience. You will own projects end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and leverage AI/automation to streamline workflows.