Senior Software Engineer, Network On-Ramps

Locations: Austin TX, Champaign IL, Lisbon Portugal, London England

About The Team:

Cloudflare is redefining the way networks are run at scale. Our Network Services product suite puts the connectivity, scale, and performance of Cloudflare’s global network in front of customers’ network infrastructure and private networks, providing a single pane of glass for network connectivity, visibility, and operating network functions like BGP, WAN optimization, and more. We are a team of engineers and product managers who obsess over quickly building products that solve real customer problems using innovative technologies and techniques which leverage Cloudflare’s unique architecture and global network footprint.

About the role

We are hiring engineers of all experience levels on our teams. Some of the things our teams work on include:

• An anycast BGP implementation that sustains sessions that are moved across servers and regions
• Flow and log collection, correlation, and analytics systems to provide customers with unparalleled visibility into their own networks
• A Linux kernel-based networking dataplane which ingests and forwards traffic from some of the largest networks in the world
• Control plane systems which allow customers to simply express complex network configurations

As a Software Engineer on our team, you will work across a wide range of technologies and systems to deliver new features, improve performance, and increase the scalability of our Network Services products. You’ll build, deploy, and operate our team’s systems on top of one of the largest edge networks in the world. You’ll partner with some of the best engineers and product managers to solve big problems that have a meaningful impact in the lives of our customers and users.

We’re looking for curious, empathetic engineers who are excited to join us in changing the way networking is done!

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

• Experience building and shipping large-scale, reliable, highly distributed systems
• Systems-level programming experience, especially in Go and Rust
• Expertise in L3 and L4 networking protocols
• Experience building on top of Linux kernel networking primitives – netfilter, nftables, eBPF, tc, network namespaces, etc
• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and backend systems
• Experience with large-scale distributed data pipelines, from data structuring to efficient querying to data analysis
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Attention to detail and ability to solve complex customer problems
• Own solutions end-to-end and driving the design, development, and deployment process
• Able to work across teams and level common, sustainable solutions
• Creative, open-minded, collaborative problem solver
• Focus on clarity in written and verbal communication

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

For Champaign IL based hires: Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $210,000.

For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €66,000 - 83,000.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

Medical/Rx Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Spending Accounts

Fertility & Family Forming Benefits

On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program

• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance

Life & Accident Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave

Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.