Senior Rust Engineer, Zero Trust Networking

WebHosting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 74,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a software engineer for its Zero Trust Connectivity team. You will contribute across Rust-based services, networking, and distributed systems to build scalable, secure hub services connecting Cloudflare One products.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate development. We value engineers who can ship reliable software across data-centers, work across teams, and communicate clearly.

Qualifications

• Programming experience in Rust.
• Familiar with Layer 3 and Layer 4 Networking.
• Systems-level programming experience in Linux.
• Experience building large-scale, reliable, highly distributed systems.
• Attention to detail and ability to solve complex customer problems.
• Own solutions end-to-end and driving the design, development, and deployment process.
• Able to work across teams and level common, sustainable solutions.
• Creative, open-minded, collaborative problem solver.
• Focus on clarity in written and verbal communication.
• Leveraging AI coding assistants to accelerate development.

Responsibilities

Skills

Rust

Networking

Linux networking

Distributed systems

End-to-end ownership

AI-assisted coding

Cross-team collaboration

Technical communication

Problem solving

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a software engineer for its Zero Trust Connectivity team. You will contribute across Rust-based services, networking, and distributed systems to build scalable, secure hub services connecting Cloudflare One products.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate development. We value engineers who can ship reliable software across data-centers, work across teams, and communicate clearly.