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Job Basics

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Senior Software Engineer

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

L5 - Senior

Engineering - Edge Platform

Full-time

ENG-2026-0142

AI Auto-Detected

Hiring Manager: Jennifer Lee
Recruiter: Sarah Johnson
Template: Sr. SWE - Workers
Retention: 87%

Job Description

D&I Score: 96% AI Generated

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Edge Platform team at Cloudflare. In this role, you'll design and build the distributed systems that power our global network, serving millions of requests per second across 300+ cities worldwide.

You'll work on challenging problems in distributed systems, performance optimization, and reliability engineering. Our stack includes Rust, Go, and Lua running on our custom edge runtime.

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement scalable distributed systems handling millions of RPS
  • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams on technical requirements
  • Lead code reviews and mentor engineers on best practices
  • Participate in on-call rotation for critical systems

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices
  • Proficiency in Go, Rust, or similar (or willingness to learn)

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Interview Plan

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AI Insight: This plan is based on 12 successful L5 SWE hires. System Design focus correlates with 87% retention.

1

Recruiter Screen

Sarah Johnson · 30 min

Background Motivation

Focus Areas & Questions

  • Walk me through your background and experience
  • What attracted you to this role at Cloudflare?
  • Salary expectations and timeline
2

Technical Screen

Mike Chen (+1 backup) · 60 min

Coding Problem Solving

Focus Areas & Questions

  • Live coding: Implement a rate limiter with sliding window
  • Algorithm complexity analysis and optimization
  • Debug a concurrent data structure issue
3

System Design Interview

David Park (+Emily Wong backup) · 60 min

Distributed Systems Scalability

Focus Areas & Questions

  • Design a global CDN caching system at Cloudflare scale
  • Handle cache invalidation across 300+ data centers
  • Trade-offs: consistency vs availability vs latency
  • Failure scenarios and graceful degradation
4

Bar Raiser Interview

Rachel Kim · 45 min

Leadership Ownership

Focus Areas & Questions

  • Tell me about a time you took ownership of a failing project
  • How do you handle disagreements with senior engineers?
  • Describe a situation where you mentored someone
5

Hiring Manager Interview

Jennifer Lee · 45 min

Team Fit Career Goals

Focus Areas & Questions

  • What are your career goals for the next 2-3 years?
  • How do you prefer to receive feedback?
  • Questions about the team and role

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Hiring Team & Approvals

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Hiring Team

Hiring Manager

JL

Jennifer Lee

Engineering Manager

Collaborator

Recruiter

SJ

Sarah Johnson

Technical Recruiter

Collaborator

Coordinator

AT

Amy Taylor

Recruiting Coordinator

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Approval Chains

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L5+ Engineering (1 of 5 required)
Finance (1 of 3 required)

Offer Approvals

Hiring Manager Chain (1 of 3)
Total Rewards (1 of 4)

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Job Submission Summary

Job Details

Job Title Senior Software Engineer
Location Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Level L5 - Senior
Department Engineering - Edge Platform
Hiring Manager Jennifer Lee
Recruiter Sarah Johnson

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