Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, running one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites. They are seeking a Principal Engineer for their GTM Data Platform to own software and data products, improve sales tools, and enhance the developer buying journey while working in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement features in a Golang, Typescript and SQL
- Build and operate production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes
- Own the data foundation including Query Engine, Workflows, MCP/APIs and other internal facing products and services
- Own projects end to end; from design docs and schema changes through implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring
- Participate in on call rotations, drive incident resolution, and write postmortems that improve reliability
- Use AI tools extensively to accelerate development, debugging, and operational tasks. We expect engineers to leverage AI as a core part of their workflow
- Collaborate across teams to coordinate capacity planning, API contracts, and cross cutting initiatives
- Embed with Sales, Marketing, Developer Relations (DevRel), and Growth to turn fuzzy operational pain into shipped software
- Help set the standard for GTM engineering organization wide
Skills
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated history of leading complex, organization-wide data initiatives
- Deep expertise in building distributed systems and production infrastructure at scale, with proficiency in Go and strong working knowledge of TypeScript
- Exceptional ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces, identify the highest-impact technical work, and drive projects autonomously from conception through adoption—balancing pragmatic execution with long-term technical excellence
- Deep analytical SQL and data modeling experience. Proven ability to manage complexity even at thousands of tables
- Able to debug database and query performance issues using profiling tools and source code where applicable
- Please be prepared to discuss specific examples of organization-wide technical initiatives you've led, particularly distributed systems or data infrastructure and their measurable business impact
- Previous experience as a Principal Engineer, Staff+ engineer, or technical leader on platform, infrastructure, or task force teams that operate outside traditional product roadmaps with a focus on enabling GTM organizations
- Columnar/OLAP or lakehouse experience (ClickHouse, DuckDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Iceberg, Starrocks)
- Familiarity with the Salesforce data model and CRM/API integrations
- Familiarity with deploying to bare metal and Kubernetes
- Experience on Cloudflare Workers / edge platforms and analytics-engineering (dbt) workflows
- Background in SaaS or product-led growth (PLG) GTM motions
Benefits
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
- Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
- This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan
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