Senior Rust Engineer – Zero Trust Connectivity

Cloudflare, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - ZTC to build and evolve the hub that connects Cloudflare One and Zero Trust products.

You will work on Rust-based services deployed across data centers, routing traffic, and integrating with Cloudflare's global network to deliver scalable, secure connectivity. The role emphasizes collaboration, performance, and reliability while leveraging AI-assisted coding to accelerate development.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Rust with systems-level programming experience.
• Experience with Layer 3/Layer 4 networking and Linux.
• Track record building large-scale, distributed services.
• Ability to own solutions end-to-end and drive design and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute across a range of technologies to connect Cloudflare One products.
• Build connectivity in a user-space service for routing flows over Cloudflare's global network.
• Collaborate across teams to leverage Rust, Linux networking and related tools.

Skills

Rust

Linux networking

Distributed systems

Networking (L3/L4)

End-to-end ownership

AI-assisted coding

Tools

ClickHouse

SaltStack

Prometheus

Cloudflare Workers

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - ZTC to build and evolve the hub that connects Cloudflare One and Zero Trust products.

You will work on Rust-based services deployed across data centers, routing traffic, and integrating with Cloudflare's global network to deliver scalable, secure connectivity. The role emphasizes collaboration, performance, and reliability while leveraging AI-assisted coding to accelerate development.