Network Protocols & Distributed Systems Engineer

CloudFlare; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Take-what-you-need vacation

RSUs

ESPP

Meaningful technical challenges every

Job summary

Cloudflare in Austin, TX is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on Network Protocols and Distributed Systems. You’ll design and operate high‑performance systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale, and help migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a Rust‑based proxy.

You’ll measure protocol performance against real‑world traffic, contribute to open source and standards, and learn from a team of leading engineers.

Qualifications

• Solid systems programming experience in Rust, C, or similar.
• Ability to work in complex technical domains and learn quickly.
• Focus on building reliable, secure, and high-performance software.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Rust

C

Systems programming

Tools

NGINX

Job description

Cloudflare in Austin, TX is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on Network Protocols and Distributed Systems. You’ll design and operate high‑performance systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale, and help migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a Rust‑based proxy.

You’ll measure protocol performance against real‑world traffic, contribute to open source and standards, and learn from a team of leading engineers.