Principal Cloud Engineer

Cloudflare is hiring a Principal Cloud Engineer to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (East Coast)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Monitor systems and respond to incidents What we offer: • Annual learning and professional development budget • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Home office and wellness stipends • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Competitive salary and meaningful equity How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • On-call and incident response experience • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team