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Cloudflare · 1 month ago

Software Engineer - Network Services

Cloudflare is a technology company on a mission to help build a better Internet. As a Software Engineer at Cloudflare, you will work on software that powers millions of Internet properties, focusing on building robust, secure, and high-performance distributed systems.

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Responsibilities

Build and operate the software that helps power 25+ million Internet properties and millions of businesses around the world
Help build high-growth products, help scale our expanding network, build tools to improve availability, performance, uptime, and response times, and make systems failure-resistant and ready-to-scale
Work on the code that runs close to the end user, runs at a massive scale, and is deployed to 330+ cities around the world
Designing and building APIs
Understanding of what it takes to build secure systems

Qualification

Distributed systemsNetwork protocolsSystems programmingAPI designDebuggingContinuous integrationDatabase experienceCuriosityUnix knowledgeMonitoringAlertingData analysisSecurity understandingCritical thinking

Required

First and foremost curiosity and critical thinking
Experience (and love for) debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
Designing and building APIs
Understanding of what it takes to build secure systems
Confidence to work in multiple programming languages - bonus points for Go and/or Rust

Preferred

Understanding systems at the network protocol level, including the differences between what the specs say, and what actually happens on the Internet
Strong systems level programming skills
Optimization of complex solutions
Experience with databases (we use PostgreSQL and Clickhouse)
Understanding what it takes to build and maintain distributed systems
Good Unix knowledge, having submitted patches to Operating Systems a huge plus for some roles
Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems
Fluent in analyses of data sets such as logs
Understanding of security and fraud detection systems

Company

Cloudflare

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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.

H1B Sponsorship

Cloudflare has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (117)
2024 (115)
2023 (66)
2022 (98)
2021 (83)
2020 (37)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.08B
Key Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M

Leadership Team

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Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
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Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
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