Systems Engineer, Cloudflare

AI Applications Tooling

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Junior, Mid and Senior level
Austin
London
Cloudflare

Web performance and security platform

Open for applications

Cloudflare

Web performance and security platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Junior, Mid and Senior level
Austin
London

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Company mission

Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.

Role

Who you are

  • Excited by the idea of shaping Cloudflare’s AI strategy and bringing cutting-edge AI capabilities to developers
  • Experienced in building and optimizing AI applications, with a strong understanding of LLMs, model inference, and AI-powered developer tools
  • Familiar with AI observability, model monitoring, and the challenges of deploying AI in production at scale
  • Passionate about integrating AI into developer workflows
  • Comfortable working across Cloudflare’s stack, from backend services to edge computing, with a focus on scalability and efficiency
  • Energized by tackling complex debugging challenges, optimizing AI workloads, and working with large-scale distributed systems
  • Excited to own your work from early discussions to production, and to collaborate with teams across Cloudflare to make AI more accessible and effective
  • Naturally curious and eager to learn new technologies, experiment with AI applications, and share your findings with the community
  • Above all, a collaborator and effective communicator. You want to be part of a team that values support, open dialogue, and high standards while celebrating successes and learning from challenges
  • You’ll really feel at home if you have:
  • Experience building LLM-powered applications, developer tools, or agent frameworks
  • Familiarity with Cloudflare’s developer platform, edge computing, or AI inference
  • Experience contributing to open-source LLM or developer tools projects
  • Public speaking or developer advocacy experience in the AI or software engineering space

What the job involves

  • We are building a new team of AI application experts to define and develop our AI solutions, from AI observability to autonomous intelligent agents
  • As an AI Engineer, you’ll help define Cloudflare’s AI strategy by working on projects such as LLM-powered code generation, AI observability, and edge-optimized model inference, bringing cutting-edge AI capabilities to our developer platform
  • You’ll collaborate with teams across Cloudflare to build high-performance, scalable AI applications that push the boundaries of what’s possible on the web
  • Our team is part of Cloudflare's Emerging Technology and Incubation (ETI) team where new, bold products are built and released within Cloudflare
  • Rather than being constrained by the structures which make Cloudflare a successful business, ETI leverages our network to deliver entirely new tools and products to our customers. Our most successful endeavors include the Cloudflare development platform, which is composed of Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, R2, D1, and many other developer products
  • As a member of the AI Applications team, you’ll help shape the future of AI-powered applications on our platform
  • You’ll work across Cloudflare’s stack, collaborating with teams to define, build, and optimize AI solutions that enhance developer experience, security, and performance
  • From AI observability to code generation and autonomous agents, your work will help drive our developer platform AI capabilities forward
  • Develop AI-powered tools and integrations that enhance the developer experience, such as AI-assisted code generation and debugging
  • Design and build AI observability solutions to improve model monitoring, explainability, and performance optimization
  • Collaborate with internal teams to integrate AI into Cloudflare’s developer platform, ensuring scalability and efficiency
  • Engage with the broader AI and developer community, contributing to open-source projects, technical documentation, and blog posts
  • Work across Cloudflare’s ecosystem to identify new AI opportunities, influence technical direction, and drive adoption of AI technologies
  • If applicable to ongoing projects, you may also participate in an on-call rotation to support critical AI-powered services

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Led by a woman

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Minimum 8 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) plans
  • Family planning and fertility program
  • Gym discounts
  • Commuter Benefits Program

Our take

Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with around 25 million global internet properties on its network.

Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.

This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.

The cloud infrastructure market reached $53 billion in 2022. While the Big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) own 65% of the market, that still leaves billions of dollars left for companies such as Cloudflare. Its ambitious and successful work is likely to continue being a crucial feature of the web, but in 2023, placed it in the crosshairs of hackers looking to exploit its infrastructure. The beginning of 2024 saw Cloudflare vow to bolster its security and patch vulnerabilities.

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