Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Databricks
Large (~7,000)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Databricks
Best for: Data engineers who want strong comp and deep technical pedigree at scale
Ratings
CloudflareDatabricks
3.9
4.1
Overall
3.7
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
3.8
4.3
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.9
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Ali Ghodsi)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🪟 Transparent
Databricks only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
- Mission-driven company building critical internet infrastructure — meaningful work with real impact
- Smart colleagues and a culture that values innovation, shipping quickly, and technical excellence
- Compensation can lag behind FAANG competitors, especially base salary
- Some teams experience high pressure and demanding workloads with uneven management quality
Databricks
- Engineers who built Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow — deep technical pedigree
- Strong compensation and equity packages consistently above market
- Hypergrowth means org changes are constant — teams restructure frequently
- Some legacy Spark-era tech debt that can slow down new features
Bottom Line
Cloudflare
Choose Cloudflare if you want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure with sharp engineers — but compensation lags FAANG and pressure can be high.
Databricks
Choose Databricks if you want elite data infrastructure work with strong equity — but brace for constant org changes.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 533 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
250
💻 Engineering
151
📋 Product
26
📣 Marketing
13
📊 Data
12
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
5
⚖️ Legal
4
🧠 ML / AI
4
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
Databricks — 836 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
359
💻 Engineering
271
📋 Product
49
📊 Data
23
⚙️ Operations
17
📣 Marketing
13
🧠 ML / AI
12
👤 HR / People
9
🎨 Design
6
💰 Finance
6
⚖️ Legal
5
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Databricks scores 4.1/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Cloudflare also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Transparent. Databricks also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 533 open roles and Databricks has 836 open roles.