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About Cloudflare

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. The company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

Available Locations: Austin, TX

About the Department

Media Platform is part of Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ETI), where new and bold products are built and released within Cloudflare. Rather than being constrained by the structures which make Cloudflare a massively successful business, we are able to leverage them to deliver entirely new tools and products to our customers. Cloudflare's edge and network make it possible to solve problems at massive scale and efficiency which would be impossible for almost any other organization.

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Frontend (UI) Platform Engineer to join our team. You'll be responsible for all Media Platform components of the Cloudflare Dashboard: Images, Stream and Realtime. You will also build and maintain media-specific standalone UI components and applications, e.g. video players, media upload tools and web conferencing solutions. Media applications push performance and usability requirements to the limit.

Technologies we use

React, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), React Router, PlayWright, Selenium, Vite, Webpack, Bazel, CI/CD tools, Go, RESTful APIs, HLS/DASH, WebRTC, MoQ.

Qualifications

• We want someone who understands and obsesses over front-end systems.
• 4+ years of experience in frontend engineering, specializing in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
• Strong knowledge of UI infrastructure, CI/CD, and testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress).
• Proven ability to drive projects independently, from concept to implementation.

Bonus skills

• Video streaming and web playback.
• Browser media APIs.
• Realtime communication protocols and/or video conferencing, e.g. WebRTC.
• Experience building and scaling large-scale web applications.

What makes Cloudflare special?

We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

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