Software Engineer, Workers Deploy & Config

CloudFlare; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Medical/Rx Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

On-demand mental health support

Job summary

Cloudflare is hiring a Software Engineer for the Workers Deploy & Config team. In this role you will build and operate large-scale systems to deploy, configure, and manage Cloudflare Workers globally, touching services from Pages to R2.

You’ll work on distributed systems, high-traffic APIs, and developer experience. You will own reliability, design scalable storage, and contribute to architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience with Go in production environments.
• Strong background in distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Proficient with RESTful APIs and SQL/relational databases.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and ownership of reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features and services within the Workers control plane.
• Improve platform performance, availability, and scalability.
• Design resilient storage schemas and I/O patterns for growth.
• Contribute to architecture and design discussions for foundational capabilities.
• Own production reliability, including participation in on-call rotation.
• Partner with Product Managers and customers to translate complex problems into scalable solutions.
• Drive projects independently from requirements and specs through implementation, testing, and release.
• Share knowledge and mentor interns and junior engineers.
• Research, prototype, and introduce new technologies when they solve meaningful problems.
• Strong experience using Go in production environments.
• Experience with metrics and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar deployment tools.
• Knowledge of or experience with distributed systems.
• Proven ability to drive scoped projects from concept to release.
• Familiarity with implementing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency using AI coding assistants and agents with good judgment to review and verify generated code before shipping.

Skills

Go production

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

On-call discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Prometheus

Grafana

GraphQL

RPC

AI coding assistants

Job description

Software Engineer, Workers Deploy & Config

In-Office

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks powering millions of websites and Internet properties. We protect and accelerate Internet applications without requiring hardware, software installation, or code changes. Cloudflare’s network handles traffic globally with performance, reliability, and security in mind.

We value builders who spot problems and create solutions using the latest tools. Our culture emphasizes iteration, AI-assisted shipping, and sharing knowledge to lift the team.

Position Location

Austin, TX | New York City, NY | Washington, DC

About the Role

Join the Workers Deploy & Config team, the engine behind Cloudflare’s serverless edge developer platform. You’ll build large-scale systems that let developers deploy, configure, and manage Workers globally, from simple static sites to full-stack applications serving millions of users. This team powers the foundation behind Cloudflare’s developer platform, including Services like Pages and R2. The work combines distributed systems, high-traffic APIs, performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features and services within the Workers control plane.
• Improve the platform’s performance, availability, and scalability.
• Design resilient storage schemas and I/O patterns for long-term platform growth.
• Contribute to architecture and design discussions for foundational capabilities.
• Own production reliability, including participation in on-call rotation.
• Partner with Product Managers and customers to translate complex problems into scalable solutions.
• Drive projects independently from requirements and specs through implementation, testing, and release.
• Share knowledge and mentor interns and junior engineers.
• Research, prototype, and introduce new technologies when they solve meaningful problems.
• Strong experience using Go in production environments.
• Experience with metrics and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar deployment tools.
• Knowledge of or experience with distributed systems.
• Proven ability to drive scoped projects from concept to release.
• Familiarity with implementing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency using AI coding assistants and agents with good judgment to review and verify generated code before shipping.

Bonus Points

• Experience scaling systems to meet increasing performance and usability demands.
• Experience working on a control plane or data plane.
• Experience using Cloudflare Workers or Pages.
• Product mindset and comfort talking to customers and partners.
• Familiarity with GraphQL.
• Familiarity with RPC.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $150,000 - $206,000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Our mission includes protecting the free and open Internet through initiatives like Project Galileo, the Athenian Project, and the 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver, while respecting privacy and security commitments.

Cloudflare is an equal opportunity employer. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact HR.

We do not discriminate on any protected status and encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Export & Compliance

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws. Offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.