Principal Systems Engineer Data

• Define design and execute strategic technical architecture for highly visible highly critical data infrastructure at the company.
• Lead the design and development tools and infrastructure to improve and scale our data infrastructure at Cloudflare.
• Lead the design and development of data pipelines and data products to serve customers throughout the company including tools to automate delivery of those services.
• Become a subject matter expert across both our data platforms tools and infrastructures as well as our data itself to guide and enable stakeholders with data needs.
• Work across our tech stack which includes Kubernetes Trino Iceberg Clickhouse and PostgreSQL with software built using Go Javascript/Typescript Python and others.
• Mentor and support junior engineers on the team reinforcing a culture of exceptional delivery and accountability on the team.

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on designing building and scaling data infrastructure
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives in a cross-functional context working with multiple stakeholders and driving value delivery.
• Extensive experience with data infrastructure at scale including tools like Trino Spark Iceberg/Delta Lake Kafka Clickhouse PostgreSQL
• Background designing building and debugging data pipelines at scale
• Proficient using backend languages like Go Python Typescript and Rust along with SQL
• Excellent analytical skills with a focus on understanding data and how stakeholders use it to drive value
• Strong communication skills especially around articulating technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience with data orchestration and infrastructure platforms like Airflow and DBT
• Experience deploying and managing infrastructure in Kubernetes
• Experience with data governance platforms and processes with a focus on privacy and auditability
• Knowledge about machine learning models and MLOps

What We Do

Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools so any organization can gain the control they need to work develop and accelerate their business. Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits humanitarian groups and governments across the globe.

Why Work With Us

Cloudflare employees come from all walks of life. We are mission-driven and our team is energized by a collaborative creative environment that celebrates our differences and fosters new ways to grow together.

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