Software Engineer - Database Platform
CloudflareAustin, Texas, United States • Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Posted November 27, 2025
154000 - 188000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Cloudflare is a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul, dedicated to helping build a better Internet.
Job Description
Cloudflare is hiring a Software Engineer - Database Platform to help build a better Internet. The ideal candidate will collaborate with database engineers, software developers, and infrastructure teams to evolve the database platform architecture, access control, and automation strategies. Key responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining critical database platform tools, orchestrating and containerizing database platform components, automating build, test, and deployment workflows, and driving the adoption of self-service capabilities for database lifecycle management.
Requirements
- Formal computer science background (BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent)
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages for building tools and APIs.
- Proficiency in Docker for containerization, with practical experience in deploying workloads on Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Gitlab CI, ArgoCD or GitHub actions.
- Direct experience in shipping, supporting, and managing automation tools, distributed systems while catering to various cross-functional teams.
- Experience with alerting and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana.
- Knowledge of a traditional relational database system, preferably PostgreSQL.
Benefits
- Health & Welfare Benefits
- Financial Benefits
- Time Off