Systems Engineer – Global Resource Management, Data Residency

Cloudflare

Systems Engineer focusing on building and operating REST APIs for Cloudflare's tag-api platform. Join a small team to scale and enhance resource management systems for various Cloudflare products.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating microservices and REST APIs, with a strong focus on backend engineering, scalability, and integration across platforms. Proficient in database management and distributed systems, ensuring reliable and efficient service delivery.

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Proficiency In GoREST API Design And DevelopmentPostgreSQL Schema Design And OptimizationKubernetes For Service DeploymentExperience With Event-Driven Architectures

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Hard Skills

Microservices DevelopmentREST API ImplementationDatabase MigrationsConcurrency ControlQuery OptimizationEvent-Driven ReplicationBulk Operations APIsService-Layer LogicRouting And AuthenticationData Model Definition

Soft Skills

Communication Of Technical TradeoffsAbility To Navigate AmbiguityCollaboration With Cross-Functional Teams

Tools & Technologies

PostgreSQLKubernetesCloudflare WorkersKafkaWatermill

Industry Keywords

Distributed SystemsEdge ComputingPlatform InfrastructureHigh-Throughput Use CasesResource Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDNSGoKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Your primary focus is building and operating the microservices and REST APIs that power the tag-api platform.
You'll design and implement API endpoints, define data models, write migrations, and build the service-layer logic that handles validation, quota enforcement, and concurrency control.
The work is hands-on backend engineering: building reliable, well-tested web services that other teams depend on.
A significant part of the role is scaling the platform to support new resource types and higher-throughput use cases.
This includes building bulk operations APIs that handle thousands of resources per request while considering consistency, latency, and failure-mode tradeoffs.
GRM is a platform team, and this role is horizontal by nature.
The services you build are consumed by teams across Cloudflare — Workers, Zero Trust, DNS, Access, Billing — and you'll work with those teams to onboard their resources, integrate with their APIs, and ensure the platform scales with their needs.
The scope is wide, the team is small, and the systems you build will be foundational to how Cloudflare manages resources at scale.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems at scale.
Proficiency in Go.
Experience designing and building REST APIs. You understand routing, authentication, request lifecycle, and how to design APIs that other teams integrate with at scale.
Comfort with PostgreSQL in production including: schema design, migrations, query optimization, and understanding replication patterns.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, communicate technical tradeoffs clearly, and drive alignment with engineers you don't share a standup with.
Comfort with distributed systems tradeoffs; consistency models, eventual consistency, event-driven replication, and the operational implications of propagating state across multiple databases and edge infrastructure.
Experience building platform infrastructure or internal developer platforms (ie: systems that other engineering teams build on top of)
Familiarity with Kubernetes for service deployment and operations.
Experience with event-driven architectures, outbox patterns, or message-based replication (e.g., Watermill, Kafka, or similar).
Familiarity with edge computing platforms such as Cloudflare Workers or similar serverless/edge-native runtimes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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