Senior Software Engineer, R2 Storage

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.

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.

Locations

Austin, TX | London, UK

About the Department

The Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ETI) department is our innovation engine. This is where we conceive, build, and launch groundbreaking new products that leverage Cloudflare's unique global network and edge capabilities.

About the Team : R2

The R2 team is at the heart of Cloudflare's developer platform, building and maintaining our robust object storage solution. R2 provides developers with a durable, reliable, and highly integrated storage platform that seamlessly connects with Cloudflare Workers and our broader compute ecosystem.

What You'll Do

As a key technical leader on the R2 team, you will :

• Define Technical Direction : Architect and set the technical strategy for some of Cloudflare's most critical and complex infrastructure projects within R2.
• Drive Architectural Decisions : Lead large-scale architectural discussions and decisions that impact multiple teams and services across Cloudflare.
• Engineer Scalable Systems : Design, implement, and optimize distributed systems that operate reliably under extreme load and at massive, global scale.
• Solve Ambiguous Problems : Lead technical investigations, breaking down complex and ambiguous challenges into clear, actionable plans.
• Foster Collaboration : Work closely with engineers across various teams, product managers, and infrastructure stakeholders to align goals, drive consensus, and ensure timely delivery.

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.

Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work.

Athenian Project : In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver.

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, or any other person's, perceived or actual 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.

Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

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