Senior Network Platforms Engineer — Scale Internet Traffic

Cloudflare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a network software engineer to extend and optimize our network stack across critical paths. Your work spans host servers, network dataplane, and interconnects, with ownership from design to automated testing and production deployment.

You’ll collaborate with operations, product teams, and other engineers to ensure solutions meet evolving business needs. We value curiosity, courage to tackle large-scale systems, and a bias toward shipping fast with quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in Linux kernel network stack development (eBPF).
• Understanding of distributed systems and internet protocols.
• Willingness to adopt AI tools and integrate into engineering workflow.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend software systems that carry traffic on critical paths of Cloudflare's network.
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align capabilities with business needs.

Skills

Go

Python

Rust

C/C++

BGP

AI tools adoption

Collaboration

Tools

eBPF

DPDK

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a network software engineer to extend and optimize our network stack across critical paths. Your work spans host servers, network dataplane, and interconnects, with ownership from design to automated testing and production deployment.

You’ll collaborate with operations, product teams, and other engineers to ensure solutions meet evolving business needs. We value curiosity, courage to tackle large-scale systems, and a bias toward shipping fast with quality.