Senior Software Engineer, R2 Storage

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Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Helping Build a Better Internet
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will lead technical direction and architectural decisions for Cloudflare's R2 object storage solution, focusing on scalable systems and collaboration across teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Locations: Austin, TX | London, UK About the Department
At Cloudflare, 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. Free from the constraints of established business structures, ETI teams harness Cloudflare's massive scale and efficiency to deliver entirely new tools and solutions to our customers-solving problems that would be impossible for almost any other organization. Join us to work on the bleeding edge of internet technology.
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. We are responsible for foundational infrastructure that operates at an immense scale, powering critical workloads across Cloudflare's global network. Our work involves designing and maintaining sophisticated distributed systems that ensure high throughput, strong consistency, and unparalleled durability, all while supporting a rapidly expanding suite of developer-facing features.
You'll be joining a highly motivated and collaborative team that owns the full stack of R2. We thrive on tackling the most complex challenges in distributed systems, with an unwavering focus on reliability, performance, and global scale.
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.

Top Skills

Cloudflare Workers
Distributed Systems
Object Storage
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
4,400 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

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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