Cloudflare vs Figma

Cloudflare vs Figma: Culture Compared

Cloudflare (3.9 Glassdoor) vs Figma (3.7 Glassdoor) — side-by-side on culture values, work-life balance, compensation, and open roles.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Large (~4,000)
Figma

Figma

Large (~2,800)
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
CloudflareFigma
3.9
3.7
Overall
3.7
3.1
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.5
Career Opps
πŸ‘ 72% Recommend πŸ‘€ 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
πŸ‘ 73% Recommend πŸ‘€ 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Cloudflare only
πŸͺŸ Transparent
Figma only
No unique values
Shared
βš™οΈ Engineering-DrivenπŸš€ Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth

Cloudflare

  • βœ“Mission-driven company building critical internet infrastructure β€” meaningful work with real impact
  • βœ“Smart colleagues and a culture that values innovation, shipping quickly, and technical excellence
  • βœ—Compensation can lag behind FAANG competitors, especially base salary
  • βœ—Some teams experience high pressure and demanding workloads with uneven management quality

Figma

  • βœ“World-class talent and technically ambitious problems β€” real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
  • βœ“Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in β€” Figma is loved by its users
  • βœ—Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 β€” 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
  • βœ—Hypergrowth growing pains β€” product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Cloudflare
Choose Cloudflare if you want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure with sharp engineers β€” but compensation lags FAANG and pressure can be high.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love β€” but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.

Cloudflare β€” 469 jobs

πŸ’Ό Sales / GTM
226
πŸ’» Engineering
127
πŸ“‹ Product
19
πŸ“£ Marketing
18
πŸ“Š Data
10
βš™οΈ Operations
7
πŸ‘€ HR / People
6
βš–οΈ Legal
6
🧠 ML / AI
4
πŸ’° Finance
1

Figma β€” 155 jobs

πŸ’Ό Sales / GTM
46
πŸ’» Engineering
27
πŸ‘€ HR / People
11
🎨 Design
9
πŸ“£ Marketing
6
βš–οΈ Legal
5
πŸ“Š Data
4
πŸ“‹ Product
4
πŸ’° Finance
2
🎧 Support
2
🧠 ML / AI
1

Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.

Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Cloudflare also emphasizes Transparent.

On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 469 open roles and Figma has 155 open roles.

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