Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer | Scale Global Services

Cloudflare, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Participation Plan

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. seeks a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design and operate scalable, secure Kubernetes platforms. You will work with cross‑functional teams to deploy and manage services that power the company’s global network.

The role blends software engineering and DevOps responsibilities, emphasizing reliability and performance across regions. Ideal candidates have production Kubernetes experience, strong Linux debugging skills, and a solid grasp of networking.

Qualifications

• Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters.
• Extensive Linux systems experience at scale.
• Strong debugging and incident response skills.
• Knowledge of container runtimes and Linux isolation.
• Firm grasp of IP networking and firewall rules (iptables/nftables).
• Proficiency with Go, TypeScript, and Bash.
• Ability to break down complex problems and drive consensus.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient systems that can keep up with company growth.
• Collaborate with application teams to optimize architectures in Kubernetes.
• Harden the platform against security threats and noisy neighbours.
• Improve resource efficiency across CPU, memory, bandwidth, storage.
• Respond to, resolve, and prevent platform incidents.
• Contribute to open source projects such as Envoy, Contour, etcd, etc.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

Linux debugging

IP networking

Go/TS/Bash basics

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Envoy

Contour

etcd

Ceph

Rook

KubeVirt

Prometheus

Elasticsearch/Kibana

CNIs

ArgoCD

Argo Rollouts

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. seeks a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design and operate scalable, secure Kubernetes platforms. You will work with cross‑functional teams to deploy and manage services that power the company’s global network.

The role blends software engineering and DevOps responsibilities, emphasizing reliability and performance across regions. Ideal candidates have production Kubernetes experience, strong Linux debugging skills, and a solid grasp of networking.