# Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare Queues

**Company:** [Cloudflare](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cloudflare)
**Location:** New York, NY, New Jersey, Washington, Washington, DC, California
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $185k – $254k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, TypeScript, JavaScript, APIs, AI Tools, Monitoring, Debugging, Git, continuous integration
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Build and improve Cloudflare Queues, a global-scale managed message queuing service integrated with Workers. Design features, enhance reliability/performance/delivery at edge scale, own code end-to-end, and use AI tools responsibly. Requires 4+ years distributed systems experience and strong systems programming skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build Cloudflare Queues as part of Cloudflare’s developer platform.
- Maintain and improve a global-scale message queuing service.
- Ship new features and product improvements.
- Improve reliability, performance, and delivery guarantees.
- Own code from inception through release.
- Work across all layers of the software stack.
- Write design documents to propose and communicate solutions.
- Improve message buffering and delivery behavior.
- Improve producer and consumer scalability under load.
- Debug and fix user-facing bugs.
- Use AI tools responsibly throughout development.

## Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- 4+ years of experience with distributed systems and data.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools across the software development lifecycle.
- Strong judgment for when to rely on AI tools and when to validate independently.
- Strong ownership of correctness, security, and quality.
- Willingness to share knowledge and mentor others.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to document complex ideas clearly and concisely.
- Solid understanding of TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Strong systems-level programming skills.
- Understanding of security issues and responsibilities.
- Experience monitoring, alerting, and debugging high-volume production systems.
- Experience with continuous integration workflows and git.
- Ability to analyze data sets such as logs.
- Experience designing and building APIs.
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

## Compensation
For New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $185,000 - 254,000

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

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