Software Engineer

Who you are

• Solid competencies in practical computer science, applying the right algorithms, data structures, concurrency control systems to software design, and building large, distributed systems
• Experience in performance engineering
• Driving communication and consensus across teams
• A drive for continuous improvement when it comes to both operations and new product development
• Experience of languages: Rust, Go
• Knowledge of web servers and web protocols
• Distributed systems
• Web security issues and industry standards
• Most importantly, we are looking for people who want to learn something new
• We maintain the largest web server in the world, and we face unique challenges
• You will be collaborating and designing innovative solutions to improve the life of millions of people around the globe, everywhere they are, whatever their needs are

What the job involves

• Cloudflare’s Engineering team is responsible for the software platform that serves 115 million HTTP requests per second on average
• We also build and run the tools that empower our colleagues to rapidly deliver products to market, as well as monitor and deploy software updates across the globe to 350+ data centers
• You’ll experience the full breadth of technologies needed to run one of the world’s largest networks serving the world's largest customers such as Shopify and VISA
• Cloudflare’s Front Line (FL) group is responsible for maintaining and developing the main Cloudflare web server, processing over 100 million HTTP requests per second
• In other words, we own the largest web server in the world
• The Product Team is responsible for creating new customer-facing features, improving efficiency & safety, and building the next iteration of Cloudflare products
• The platform is mostly in Rust, and most of our API is in Golang
• You will work with a team of talented engineers to create new features to increase the availability, safety & reliability of the edge ecosystem
• You will improve current features, create new systems from scratch, and collaborate with platform teams to help to build the best web server in the world, with a particular focus on the rules engine and associated control plane
• This is a unique opportunity to be at the nexus of Cloudflare edge applications and operations and to collaborate closely with most other product and engineering teams at Cloudflare

Benefits

• Competitive pay: We offer a competitive total rewards package, where every employee is an owner of our stock.
• Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
• Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
• Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
• Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members' commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
• Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.