Principal Software Engineer, Workers Deploy & Config - Cloudflare

About the Role

Join the Workers Deploy & Config team as a Principal Engineer, the most senior technical role on the team behind Cloudflare’s serverless edge developer platform. You will build the critical large-scale systems that allow developers to deploy, configure, and manage Workers globally. This team sits at the foundation of Cloudflare’s developer platform, including Pages and R2.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural evolution of the Workers control plane and define its multi-year strategy.
• Turn ambiguous, high-leverage technical challenges into actionable engineering paths.
• Re-engineer core services to scale with exponential traffic growth.
• Architect foundational primitives that unlock new product capabilities.
• Own the stability, efficiency, and reliability of core customer-facing systems.
• Establish rigorous benchmarks for API responsiveness and availability.
• Participate in on-call rotations to maintain global platform availability.
• Mentor mid-level and senior engineers to raise overall engineering standards.
• Investigate and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve the platform.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Deep experience using Go in production environments.
• Proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experience with Kubernetes and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proven history of architecting and managing massive distributed infrastructures.
• Strong ability to design and evolve RESTful APIs with a focus on developer experience.
• Track record of organizational influence through design leadership and mentoring.
• Experience leveraging AI to increase team productivity and agentic workflows.

Bonus Points

• Experience with C++ or Rust.
• Background in control plane or data plane development.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, RPC, or frontend frameworks like React.
• Experience using Cloudflare Workers or Pages.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock participation.
• Flexible paid time off and parental leave programs.
• Fertility, family forming, and mental health support.