Senior Software Engineer, R2 Gateway — Hybrid Austin

CloudFlare; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the R2 Gateway in a hybrid setup with locations in Austin, TX or London, UK. You will design and operate the S3-like API gateway, ensuring low latency and high reliability while integrating with Cloudflare's global network and storage services.

You will work on distributed systems at scale, using Rust, TypeScript, or Go, and collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions with strong observability and AI-assisted development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building or operating large-scale distributed systems on the request path.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate the S3-compatible API gateway for R2.
• Build and operate production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes.
• Own the request path end-to-end authentication, routing, rate limiting, and interfaces with storage.

Skills

Rust

TypeScript

Go

Distributed systems

Tools

Cloudflare Workers

Kubernetes

Durable Objects

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the R2 Gateway in a hybrid setup with locations in Austin, TX or London, UK. You will design and operate the S3-like API gateway, ensuring low latency and high reliability while integrating with Cloudflare's global network and storage services.

You will work on distributed systems at scale, using Rust, TypeScript, or Go, and collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions with strong observability and AI-assisted development.