Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer | Equity & Impact

Cloudflare, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 168,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Equity participation

Paid time off

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking an engineer to join the Kubernetes platform team. You will build tools for deploying and operating services across a global network, with responsibilities spanning software engineering and DevOps operations.

You will work on scalable platforms, improve security, and optimize resource usage while supporting product teams releasing software efficiently and safely.

Qualifications

• Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters.
• Excellent debugging skills in a Linux environment.
• Knowledge of container runtimes inside Linux (isolation, storage, networking).

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient systems that scale with company growth.
• Collaborate with application teams to align architectures for Kubernetes workloads.
• Harden the platform against security threats and performance issues.
• Improve resource efficiency (CPU, memory, bandwidth, storage).
• Respond to incidents and contribute back to open source projects.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

TypeScript

Bash/Shell

Linux

IP networking

Problem solving

Go/TypeScript code review

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking an engineer to join the Kubernetes platform team. You will build tools for deploying and operating services across a global network, with responsibilities spanning software engineering and DevOps operations.

You will work on scalable platforms, improve security, and optimize resource usage while supporting product teams releasing software efficiently and safely.