Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Helsing
Mid (~660)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Helsing
Best for: AI/ML engineers motivated by national security and defense who want to apply frontier AI to high-stakes real-world problems in a mission-driven team
Ratings
CloudflareHelsing
3.9
4.0
Overall
3.7
3.6
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.1
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.8
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Gundbert Scherf)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🪟 Transparent
Helsing only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 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
Helsing
- Highest talent density of any tech company — world-class AI and engineering leadership
- Extremely important mission with rewarding impact and competitive salary
- Ridiculous expectations of work hours — high salaries do not mean constant overtime
- Some management not experienced enough to lead; lacking in performance feedback
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.
Helsing
Strong engineering culture with a clear mission — but that mission (AI for defense) is not for everyone. Research the ethics carefully before applying; those aligned will find unusually meaningful work.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 516 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
238
💻 Engineering
149
📋 Product
23
📣 Marketing
16
📊 Data
11
👤 HR / People
7
⚖️ Legal
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
⚙️ Operations
5
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
Helsing — 103 jobs
💻 Engineering
51
🧠 ML / AI
8
⚙️ Operations
4
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
📣 Marketing
2
👤 HR / People
1
💼 Sales / GTM
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Helsing scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.1-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. Helsing also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 516 open roles and Helsing has 103 open roles.