Principal Platform Engineer, Tooling

Cloudflare is hiring a Principal Platform Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Platform Engineer, Tooling, 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 (West 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: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil What we offer: • Paid parental leave • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • Generous paid time off and company holidays • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture 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 • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • On-call and incident response experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar Nice to have: • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team