Role Description & Responsibilities
Data Engineering
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a high-growth technology leader building scalable solutions for global users. Millions of companies and teams rely on their infrastructure and services to execute high-value workflows, analyze massive datasets, and scale modern operations.
CadetX Candidate Advantage: As an applicant for this Data Engineering role, you are evaluated on practical proficiency with real-world query execution, data pipelines, and clear stakeholder communication.
CadetX Role Brief & Company Specifications
Role Mission & Impact
In this role, you’ll help build and maintain Data Security products as a Software Engineer. These products empower customers to gain deep visibility into Cloud/SaaS security opportunities and into trends in their network traffic and product use. As an engineer on the team, you will focus on building new functionality into our APIs and distributed code while ensuring the performance and reliability of our services which ingest millions of data points each day. You’ll be joining a team of bright, knowledge-seeking engineers who are truly missionaries in solving the security and network visibility challenges for our customers.
Key Responsibilities & Day-to-Day Scope
- ✓ Products are written in Go, Python, and Typescript.
- ✓ Code runs on Kubernetes, Cloudflare Workers, AWS, GCP, Azure.
- ✓ We utilize Postgres as our data store, Redis as our cache, and Kafka as our message broker.
- ✓ Our frontend is written in Typescript and React.
- ✓ For service monitoring we use Prometheus and Grafana.
- ✓ For service logging we use Elasticsearch and Kibana.
- ✓ For product analytics we use Clickhouse and BigQuery.
- ✓ 3+ years of professional experience building and managing reliable and performant software systems at scale, preferably with technologies like: Go, Python, Postgres
Official Qualifications & Technical Requirements
- • Passion for making the digital world a more secure place
- • Excellent debugging and optimization skills
- • Willingness, curiosity, and enthusiasm to learn new programming languages, technologies and systems
- • Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Caring and empathy are coveted traits here!
- • Frontend programming experience in Typescript/Javascript
- • Previous experience working with third-party API integrations
- • Previous experience working on security products
Preferred Skills & Technology Stack
- + Experience with big data tools (Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- + Familiarity with dbt (data build tool) for SQL transformations.
- + Hands-on experience with Docker and Linux system administration.
Tech Stack & Tools in this role
Expected technical competencies for Day 1 productivity:
★ Life & Culture at Cloudflare
Verified EmployerCloudflare champions rigorous analytical discipline, continuous learning, and low-ego teamwork. Team members enjoy flexible hybrid allowances, learning stipends, and structured mentorship to fast-track career mobility.