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# Principal Engineer - GTM Data Platform

- **Company:** CloudFlare
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Artificial Intelligence, BigQuery, Software as a Service, Databases, Customer Data Management, Data Infrastructure, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Online Analytical Processing, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Snowflake, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, Cloudflare, Vertica, Api Management
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/369079/principal-engineer-gtm-data-platform-california-ca-san-francisco

## About the Role

* 10+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated history of leading complex, organization-wide data initiatives.\n
 * Deep expertise in building distributed systems and production infrastructure at scale, with proficiency in Go and strong working knowledge of TypeScript.\n
 * Exceptional ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces, identify the highest-impact technical work, and drive projects autonomously from conception through adoptionbalancing pragmatic execution with long-term technical excellence.\n
 * Deep analytical SQL and data modeling experience. Proven ability to manage complexity even at thousands of tables.\n
 * Able to debug database and query performance issues using profiling tools and source code where applicable.\n
 * 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.\n, * 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.\n
 * Columnar/OLAP or lakehouse experience (ClickHouse, DuckDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Iceberg, Starrocks).Familiarity with the Salesforce data model and CRM/API integrations.\n
 * Familiarity with deploying to bare metal and Kubernetes.\n
 * Experience on Cloudflare Workers / edge platforms and analytics-engineering (dbt) workflows.\n
 * Background in SaaS or product-led growth (PLG) GTM motions.\n

## Description

At Cloudflare, were not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; were looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If youre the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, youll fit right in.