Senior Systems Engineer, Cloudflare Data Platform

Posted about 3 months ago · $185,000 - $254,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open: 80 days
Reposted: No
Salary listed: Yes
Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare: high
Hiring momentum: 494 roles opened in the last 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board: 2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Senior Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, you will focus on developing and enhancing the company's storage and database products, particularly the Basin Catalog and Basin SQL. Your role involves architecting solutions, optimizing performance, and designing APIs, all while working with a variety of programming languages and technologies. You will be responsible for the entire development process from inception to release, ensuring that the solutions meet the needs of developers and customers alike.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5

benefits: 5/5
freshness: 1/5
career value: 4/5
role clarity: 4/5
pay transparency: 5/5

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What you need

Minimum 5 years of experience working with distributed systems
Experience building and managing high volume software applications
Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design
Knowledge of at least one modern strongly-typed programming language: we primarily use Rust, TypeScript, and Go
Experience debugging, optimizing and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system

Nice to have

Experience building and managing a large scale data storage platform
Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game streaming, game engine architecture, high frequency trading, payment systems
Experience working in a non-garbage collected language such as Rust or C++
Experience writing Javascript and Typescript
Deep Linux / UNIX systems knowledge

What you get

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

Worth weighing

No specific salary listed for the role, only a range for certain locations
Role involves working with a variety of languages and technologies, which may require continuous learning and adaptation
Position requires in-office work, which may not suit remote work preferences

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Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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