Principal Systems Engineer – R2 Storage
| Company | Cloudflare |
|---|---|
| Location | London, UK, San Francisco, CA, USA, Austin, TX, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $230000 – $286000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Experience setting the architecture and technical direction for large, cross-team, and cross-functional engineering efforts.
- Strong systems-level programming skills.
- A deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as consistency, consensus, data replication, and partition tolerance.
- Proven experience building and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical decisions clearly and drive alignment.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines and evolving priorities.
Responsibilities
- Set the technical direction for some of our most critical and complex infrastructure projects.
- Drive large-scale architectural decisions that span multiple teams and services.
- Design and implement systems that operate reliably under heavy load and at massive scale.
- Lead technical investigations and break down ambiguous problems into clear plans of action.
- Collaborate closely with engineers across teams, product managers, and infrastructure stakeholders to align goals and deliver on timelines.
- Be a key contributor to our roadmap — helping shape the future of R2’s architecture, performance, and reliability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with storage systems, networking, or large-scale cloud infrastructure is a strong plus.