Principal Engineer (GTM Data Platform)

Join Cloudflare, a leading internet security and performance company, as a Principal Engineer in our Developer Go-to-Market (GTM) organization. In this role, you will own the GTM-facing software and data products, lead cross-functional projects, and improve the developer buying journey. You will work in a fast-paced environment, leveraging your expertise in data engineering, full-stack product development, and applied AI. Enjoy competitive pay, flexible vacation, paid parental leave, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Posséder une expertise approfondie en SQL analytique et en modélisation de données, avec une capacité avérée à gérer la complexité même avec des milliers de tables.

Responsibilities

• Diriger des initiatives techniques à l'échelle de l'organisation, en particulier dans les systèmes distribués ou l'infrastructure de données, et démontrer leur impact commercial mesurable.
• Collaborer avec les équipes de vente, de marketing, de relations avec les développeurs et de croissance pour transformer les problèmes opérationnels flous en logiciels livrés.

Requirements

• Deep analytical SQL and data modeling experience. Proven ability to manage complexity even at thousands of tables
• Able to debug database and query performance issues using profiling tools and source code where applicable
• Deep expertise in building distributed systems and production infrastructure at scale, with proficiency in Go and strong working knowledge of TypeScript
• Please be prepared to discuss specific examples of organization-wide technical initiatives you've led, particularly distributed systems or data infrastructure and their measurable business impact
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated history of leading complex, organization-wide data initiatives
• Exceptional ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces, identify the highest-impact technical work, and drive projects autonomously from conception through adoption—balancing pragmatic execution with long-term technical excellence
• Familiarity with deploying to bare metal and Kubernetes

Preferred

• Columnar/OLAP or lakehouse experience (ClickHouse, DuckDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Iceberg, Starrocks).Familiarity with the Salesforce data model and CRM/API integrations
• Previous experience as a Principal Engineer, Staff+ engineer, or technical leader on platform, infrastructure, or task force teams that operate outside traditional product roadmaps with a focus on enabling GTM organizations
• Experience on Cloudflare Workers / edge platforms and analytics-engineering (dbt) workflows
• Background in SaaS or product-led growth (PLG) GTM motions