Senior Design Engineer

Cloudflare

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading tech company in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to design and develop frontend experiences that enhance the developer experience. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with distributed systems, solid knowledge of TypeScript, and a strong capability in frontend application optimization. The role offers competitive compensation, ranging from $100,000 to $150,000, and aims to build a diverse and inclusive team.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience working with distributed systems.
Solid understanding of how cloud primitives build distributed systems.
Experience optimizing and identifying failure modes in large-scale frontend applications.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Design Engineers and Systems Engineers.
Design and develop frontend experiences for our dashboard.
Own your code from inception to release.

Skills

Experience with distributed systems

Experience designing frontend applications

Understanding of cloud primitives

Knowledge of TypeScript

Debugging and optimizing frontend applications

Job description

Overview

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About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

Available Locations

Austin, TX

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will collaborate with a team of Design Engineers and Systems Engineers. You will help design and develop frontend experiences that improve overall developer experience throughout our dashboard. You will own your code from inception to release and bring attention to detail to the work you complete for both coding patterns & visual aesthetics. On any given day, you might be working in Figma collaborating on designs or inspiration, developing new components and user interactions, polishing existing pages, or improving developer experience in any number of ways you might imagine. You can expect to interact with a variety of languages and technologies. We primarily use Typescript and React.

Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience

5+ years of experience working with distributed systems.
Experience designing and building frontend applications.
Solid understanding of cloud primitives and how they work together to build distributed systems.
Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language: we primarily use TypeScript.
Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in large-scale frontend applications.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

Policies

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Equal Opportunity

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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