Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare Queues

At Cloudflare, we're on a mission to help build a better Internet. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Cloudflare Queues team, which builds a managed, global message queuing service for developers.

As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will help design and build Cloudflare Queues, improving reliability, performance, and delivery guarantees while shipping new features at global scale. You will own your work from design through release and contribute across the software stack.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Cloudflare Queues as part of Cloudflare's developer platform.
• Maintain and improve a global-scale message queuing service.
• Ship new features and product improvements.
• Improve reliability, performance, and delivery guarantees.
• Own code from inception through release.
• Work across all layers of the software stack.
• Write design documents to propose and communicate solutions.
• Improve message buffering and delivery behavior.
• Improve producer and consumer scalability under load.
• Debug and fix user-facing bugs.
• Use AI tools responsibly throughout development.

Desirable skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 4+ years of experience with distributed systems and data.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools across the software development lifecycle.
• Strong judgment for when to rely on AI tools and when to validate independently.
• Strong ownership of correctness, security, and quality.
• Willingness to share knowledge and mentor others.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to document complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• Solid understanding of TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Strong systems-level programming skills.
• Understanding of security issues and responsibilities.
• Experience monitoring, alerting, and debugging high-volume production systems.
• Experience with continuous integration workflows and git.
• Ability to analyze data sets such as logs.
• Experience designing and building APIs.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Compensation

• Estimated annual salary of $185,000 - 254,000 for New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family, including health & welfare benefits, financial benefits, and time off.