Systems Engineer, R2 Gateway

Cloudflare
Austin
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Skills: ["Communication","Coordination"]

Build and operate Cloudflare’s R2 request-path layer: an S3-compatible API gateway that authenticates, routes, rate-limits, and handles errors for every object operation. You’ll implement production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes, own end-to-end request flows and interfaces to storage/metadata layers, and improve reliability, performance, and observability through monitoring and incident response. Collaborate across distributed-systems teams and use AI tools daily to accelerate development and operations.

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Systems Engineer, R2 Gateway

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Job Summary

Build and operate Cloudflare’s R2 request-path layer: an S3-compatible API gateway that authenticates, routes, rate-limits, and handles errors for every object operation. You’ll implement production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes, own end-to-end request flows and interfaces to storage/metadata layers, and improve reliability, performance, and observability through monitoring and incident response. Collaborate across distributed-systems teams and use AI tools daily to accelerate development and operations.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and operate the S3-compatible API gateway for all R2 operations, ensuring correctness, low latency, and S3 compatibility.
  • •Build and operate production services on Cloudflare Workers and Kubernetes to handle high-throughput request traffic with strong availability and durability.
  • •Own the request path end to end, including authentication, authorization, routing, rate limiting, error handling, and gateway interfaces to storage/metadata layers.
  • •Own projects end to end from design docs through implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring.
  • •Improve gateway reliability, performance, and observability; participate in on-call, drive incident resolution, and write postmortems.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong programming skills in Rust, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.
  • •Experience building or operating large-scale distributed systems with strict latency and reliability requirements.
  • •Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts like object storage, HTTP/API gateways, edge computing, or service-oriented architectures.
  • •Experience designing and operating high-throughput APIs, including authentication, routing, rate limiting, and backward-compatible evolution.
  • •Understanding of reliability and observability practices, including monitoring, alerting, performance tuning, and incident response.
Skills:CommunicationCoordination
Languages:En
Tech Stack:RustTypeScriptGoKubernetesCloudflare WorkersS3 APIHTTP/API gatewaysObject storageEdge computingService-oriented architecturesAuthenticationAuthorizationRoutingRate limitingMonitoringAlertingPerformance tuningIncident responsePostmortemsDurable Objects

Company Brief

Cloudflare
Provides a global network and cloud platform that delivers security, performance, and reliability services for web applications, APIs, and Internet properties, including CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, and zero-trust security solutions.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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