Software Engineer, Data

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations: Austin

About the Team

The Town Lake team's mission is building a centralized data platform for Cloudflare that provides secure, democratized access to data for internal customers throughout the company. We operate infrastructure and craft tools to empower both technical and non-technical users to answer their most important questions. We are now evolving our platform to go beyond raw data access, integrating semantic intelligence and knowledge graphs to power the next generation of AI-driven decision-making. You can learn more about our platform at Cloudflare’s blog.

About the Role

We are looking for a software engineer with a strong background in data to help us expand and maintain our data infrastructure. You’ll contribute to the technical implementation of our scaling unified data platform, manage access while accounting for privacy and security, build data pipelines, and develop tools to automate accessibility and usefulness of data. You’ll collaborate with teams including Trust and Safety, Fintech and product teams across the company to help them make informed decisions and bring new data-driven solutions to Cloudflare customers.

What You’ll Do

Contribute to the design and execution of technical architecture for highly visible data infrastructure.

Design and develop tools and infrastructure to improve and scale Cloudflare’s data systems.

Build and maintain data pipelines and data products to serve customers throughout the company, including tools to automate delivery of those services.

Gain deep knowledge of our data platforms and tools to guide and enable stakeholders with their data needs.

Work across our tech stack, which includes Kubernetes, Trino, Iceberg, Clickhouse, and PostgreSQL, with software built using Go, Javascript/Typescript, Python, and others.

Collaborate with peers to reinforce a culture of exceptional delivery and accountability on the team.

Requirements

3-5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on building and maintaining data infrastructure.

Experience participating in technical initiatives in a cross-functional context, working with stakeholders to deliver value.

Proficient using backend languages like Go, Python, or Typescript, along with strong SQL skills.

Hands-on experience building and debugging data pipelines.

Strong analytical skills, with a focus on understanding how data is used to drive business value.

Solid communic