Job brief: Systems Engineer, Product Platform Tools

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Cloudflare's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Cloudflare's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hybrid · Austin, TX
• Posted: 2026-07-27 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5+ years of experience.

Must have

• Professional experience: 5+ years building and operating production backend services at scale.
• export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Conditions

• Reliability of what you build: build observability and resilience into your services, take part in on-call for them, respond to incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
• All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity,…

Main duties

• API and gateway development: design and build the backend services, APIs, and gateway capabilities (routing, authentication, request handling, upstream integ…
• API-driven onboarding: set and raise the standard for onboarding applications onto the platform. Use clear API contracts, well-governed access, and a repeata…
• Stakeholder partnership: work directly with Support, Legal, and Security to turn operational needs into maintainable platform features.
• Security and authorization: own the platform's authorization model. Work with Security and Legal to implement and enforce access control, governance, and com…
• Reliability of what you build: build observability and resilience into your services, take part in on-call for them, respond to incidents, and lead post-inci…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Austin, TX: $187k a year (85 listings, 11 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Cloudflare's 71 open listings, 7% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Cloudflare hires

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