Systems Engineer, Network Protocols & Distributed Systems

Engg; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 54.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible hours

RSUs

ESPP

Vacation policy

Zusammenfassung

Cloudflare is hiring for a role focused on building and operating high-scale systems that terminate HTTP and TLS. You will migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a Rust-based proxy and work to improve protocol performance across real-world traffic.

You’ll contribute to open source, engage with industry standards, and learn from leading engineers in this space while operating in a hybrid setup across multiple locations.

Qualifikationen

• Have solid systems programming experience (Rust, C, or similar).
• Thrive in complex technical domains and enjoy learning new things.
• Care about building reliable, secure, and performant software.
• Are motivated by impact - technical, operational, and on the Internet itself.
• Come from a background that’s underrepresented in tech - we value diverse perspectives.

Aufgaben

• Build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale.
• Migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy.
• Measure and improve protocol performance across real-world traffic.
• Contribute to open source and industry standards.
• Learn from and work alongside some of the leading engineers in this space.

Kenntnisse

Rust/C

Jobbeschreibung

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a “normalized” problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Location: London, Lisbon, or Austin - (Hybrid)

What you’ll do

• Build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale
• Migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy
• Measure and improve protocol performance across real-world traffic
• Contribute to open source and industry standards
• Learn from and work alongside some of the leading engineers in this space

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have solid systems programming experience (Rust, C, or similar)
• Thrive in complex technical domains and enjoy learning new things
• Care about building reliable, secure, and performant software
• Are motivated by impact - technical, operational, and on the Internet itself
• Come from a background that’s underrepresented in tech - we value diverse perspectives

Perks include:

• Flexible work hours
• Take-what-you-need vacation
• RSUs
• ESPP
• Meaningful technical challenges every day

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €54,000 - €75,000.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

• 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?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project : In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy‑centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

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.

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