Senior Network Engineer: AI-Driven Edge & Backbone

CloudFlare; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Rx Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Equity participation

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to own and operate our global edge/backbone network. You will diagnose faults, drive capacity, and lead the development of AI-enabled tools that reduce toil and improve reliability.

The role values deep expertise in BGP/Anycast, MPLS, and multi-vendor operating systems, with hands-on work in production and mentoring junior engineers. This position is North American-based and involves cross-time-zone collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in large-scale network engineering and operations.
• Experience with AI-enabled tooling and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical operation, engineering, and architecture of Cloudflare's global network.
• Diagnose and resolve complex network faults, including on-call rotation and post-incident reviews.
• Build AI agents for network operations and integrate with systems of record.

Skills

BGP

Anycast routing

Python

TypeScript

Go

MPLS

Segment Routing

Network automation

Vendor OS

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to own and operate our global edge/backbone network. You will diagnose faults, drive capacity, and lead the development of AI-enabled tools that reduce toil and improve reliability.

The role values deep expertise in BGP/Anycast, MPLS, and multi-vendor operating systems, with hands-on work in production and mentoring junior engineers. This position is North American-based and involves cross-time-zone collaboration.