Senior Network Systems Engineer (Go/C++/Rust)

Cloudflare, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Network Platforms engineer in Austin to build and extend software systems that carry traffic across its global network. You’ll work from kernel to dataplane and participate in design, coding, testing, and deployments, ensuring reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, adapting AI tools in workflows, and contributing to a Run What You Build culture with on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Systems-level programming in Go, Python, Rust, C, or C++.
• Solid grasp of BGP and internet routing.
• Experience in building, deploying and debugging distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend software systems that carry traffic on critical paths of Cloudflare’s network.
• Participate in all stages of the software lifecycle: design, code, tests, deployment.
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to match business needs; contribute to on-call rotation.

Skills

Go

Python

Rust

C

C++

BGP

internet routing

distributed systems

Linux kernel

on-call

Tools

eBPF

DPDK

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Network Platforms engineer in Austin to build and extend software systems that carry traffic across its global network. You’ll work from kernel to dataplane and participate in design, coding, testing, and deployments, ensuring reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, adapting AI tools in workflows, and contributing to a Run What You Build culture with on-call responsibilities.