Distributed Systems Engineer - Data Platform - Analytics and Alerts

About Cloudflare

Cloudflare operates one of the world's largest networks, powering millions of websites and Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to Fortune 500 companies. The company protects and accelerates Internet applications without requiring hardware installation, software changes, or code modifications. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

About the Role

We are seeking experienced and highly motivated engineers to join our Data Organization and help build the future of data at Cloudflare. This team is responsible for the entire data lifecycle—from ingestion and processing to storage and retrieval—powering critical logs and analytics that provide customers with real-time visibility into the health and performance of their online properties.

Our mission is to empower customers to leverage their data to drive better business outcomes. We build and maintain high-performance, scalable systems that handle more than one billion events per second. As a Distributed Systems Engineer, you will work on complex distributed systems challenges across different parts of our data stack.

What You'll Work On

• Data Delivery & Pipelines: Design, develop, and operate distributed data delivery pipelines. This high-throughput, low-latency system is primarily written in Go and ingests, processes, and intelligently routes massive volumes of data.
• Tackle complex distributed systems challenges in data ingestion, processing, storage, and retrieval
• Build systems capable of handling billions of events per second at scale
• Contribute to a data platform powering real-time analytics and alerts for millions of customers

Our Culture

At Cloudflare, we value builders who spot normalized problems and create solutions using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today and improve tomorrow. We prioritize curiosity over bureaucracy and view AI as a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward.

Salary Disclosure: This is an editorial market estimate ($80,000–$130,000 USD/year) based on industry benchmarks for this role and is not provided by the employer. Actual compensation varies by experience, qualifications, location, and other factors.