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Distributed Systems Engineer - Data Platform (Delivery, Database, Retrieval)

Cloudflare · Hybrid

Posted about 2 months ago · $136,000 - $187,000 · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
66 days
Cloudflare's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
Yes
28% of Cloudflare's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare
high
252 stale, 12 reposted of 342 open
Hiring momentum
494 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cloudflare's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cloudflare.

About this role

As a Distributed Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, you will design, build, and operate distributed systems that handle large volumes of data. Your work will involve backend development primarily in Go, focusing on data ingestion, storage, and retrieval systems. You will also improve system performance and reliability while collaborating with product and engineering teams to meet their data needs.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cloudflare as an employer.

What you need

  • At least three years of professional software engineering experience building backend, infrastructure, database, or distributed-data systems
  • Strong Go programming skills, or substantial systems programming experience (Rust, C++) with the ability to become productive in Go quickly
  • Experience building and operating production services, including deployment, monitoring, capacity planning, incident response, and debugging
  • A solid understanding of distributed-systems concepts, including concurrency, consistency, fault tolerance, partitioning, and data integrity
  • Experience with high-throughput or low-latency data processing
  • Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

Nice to have

  • ClickHouse or another large-scale analytical database
  • Kafka, Flink, or similar streaming technologies
  • GraphQL or other high-volume API technologies
  • Terraform, Salt, or other Infrastructure as Code tooling
  • Docker, Kubernetes, or Linux container technologies

What you get

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits

Worth weighing

  • Compensation varies by location, with specific salary ranges provided for different regions
  • Role involves participation in an on-call rotation for production systems
  • The position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond hybrid options

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Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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