Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Scale AI
Large (~1,200)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Scale AI
Best for: Ambitious builders who want critical AI infrastructure work serving top-tier clients
Ratings
CloudflareScale AI
3.9
3.5
Overall
3.7
2.7
Work-Life Balance
4.0
2.9
Culture & Values
3.8
3.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
2.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.6
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 56% Recommend
👤 60% CEO Approval (Alexandr Wang)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🪟 Transparent
Scale AI only
No unique values
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
Scale AI
- Building critical AI data infrastructure used by OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and the US government
- Strong compensation for engineers — competitive base + equity
- Work-life balance rated 2.7/5 — long hours common during client deadlines
- Culture and values scored 2.9/5 — inconsistent management quality
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.
Scale AI
Choose Scale AI if you want to build data infrastructure for OpenAI and the US government — but expect long hours and inconsistent management.
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
Scale AI — 170 jobs
💻 Engineering
61
🧠 ML / AI
25
📋 Product
14
💼 Sales / GTM
14
⚙️ Operations
8
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
3
👤 HR / People
2
🎨 Design
1
💰 Finance
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Scale AI scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 2.7 WLB. That’s a 0.4-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 533 open roles and Scale AI has 170 open roles.