Full-Time

Software Engineer

Distributed Systems, Go and/or Rust

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Cloudflare

Cloudflare

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides CDN, security, and serverless solutions

Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$168k - $240kAnnually

Senior

Seattle, WA, USA + 7 more

More locations: Urbana, IL, USA | Washington, DC, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | San Jose, CA, USA | Canada | New York, NY, USA

Hybrid role with potential in-office presence in listed locations.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Rust
Git
Operating Systems
Go
Linux/Unix
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Understanding at the protocol level, including the differences between what the specs say, and what actually happens on the Internet
  • Confidence to work in multiple programming languages - bonus points for Go and/or Rust
  • Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
  • Strong systems level programming skills
  • Excited by the idea of optimizing complex solutions to general problems
  • Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
  • Good Unix knowledge, patches to Operating Systems a huge plus for some roles
  • Understanding of security issues and responsibilities
  • Experience with monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems
  • Fluent in analyses of data sets such as logs
  • Designing and building APIs
Responsibilities
  • Building robust, secure, and high performance distributed systems
  • Working on the code that runs close to the end user, runs at a massive scale, and is deployed to 250+ cities around the world
  • Filtering malicious traffic and handling good traffic according to customer configuration
  • Content optimization that takes content served from customer sites and makes it more performant
  • Optimizing connections from Cloudflare to our customers' origin servers to reduce their load and increase performance
  • Designing and building APIs

Cloudflare enhances the performance, security, and reliability of websites and applications through services like content delivery network (CDN) solutions and cybersecurity protections against threats such as DDoS attacks. They also offer serverless computing, allowing developers to run code without managing servers. Using a freemium model, Cloudflare attracts users with free basic services and charges for premium features, serving a diverse clientele from individual developers to large enterprises. Their goal is to provide essential tools that meet the growing demand for faster and more secure internet services.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$354.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

36%

2 year growth

45%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cloudflare's continuous innovation, such as the new no-code feature to block AI bots, demonstrates their commitment to addressing emerging threats and market needs.
  • The company's extensive and diverse client base provides a stable revenue stream and opportunities for upselling premium services.
  • Cloudflare's leadership in cybersecurity and web performance positions it well to capitalize on the growing demand for secure and fast internet services.

What critics are saying

  • The increasing frequency of DDoS attacks could strain Cloudflare's resources and impact service reliability.
  • Relying on a freemium model may limit revenue growth if users do not convert to paid plans.

What makes Cloudflare unique

  • Cloudflare's freemium model attracts a broad user base, from individual developers to large enterprises, unlike competitors who may focus solely on enterprise clients.
  • Their innovative tools like Cloudflare Workers and Pages enable developers to build and deploy applications directly on their network, providing a unique edge in the developer community.
  • Cloudflare's strong emphasis on cybersecurity, including DDoS protection and new features to block AI bots, sets them apart in the internet infrastructure market.

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Benefits

Competitive salaries

Take-what-you-need paid vacation policy

Comprehensive health plans and benefits

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Commuter and ride share options

Returnships