Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Writer
Mid (~400)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Writer
Best for: Professionals interested in Writer
Ratings
CloudflareWriter
3.9
3.5
Overall
3.7
2.7
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.6
Culture & Values
3.8
3.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.3
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.3
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 70% Recommend
👤 74% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Writer only
🔓 Open Source
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
Writer
- Real AI engineering with proprietary LLMs — not just wrapping OpenAI APIs
- Strong enterprise traction and visionary product direction
- Intense work culture with very high expectations and limited work-life balance
- Growing management layers creating organizational friction
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.
Writer
Writer — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 469 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
226
💻 Engineering
127
📋 Product
19
📣 Marketing
18
📊 Data
10
⚙️ Operations
7
👤 HR / People
6
⚖️ Legal
6
🧠 ML / AI
4
💰 Finance
1
Writer — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
16
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🎨 Design
1
⚙️ Operations
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Writer 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. Cloudflare also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Transparent. Writer also emphasizes Open Source.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 469 open roles and Writer has 49 open roles.