Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
CloudflareWayve
3.9
4.4
Overall
3.7
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.5
Culture & Values
3.8
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.2
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🪟 Transparent
Wayve only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
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
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
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.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
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
Wayve — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
47
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
6
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.5-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. Wayve also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 516 open roles and Wayve has 83 open roles.