Senior Software Engineer, Edge Network Services

Cloudflare; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is hiring software engineers to build and operate large-scale, distributed networking systems on one of the world’s largest edge networks. You will work across Go, Rust, and Linux kernel networking to deliver new features, improve performance, and scale our network services.

Collaboration with engineers and product managers is essential to ship reliable, high-quality solutions. Ideal candidates combine systems programming with deep networking expertise, strong debugging skills, and a

Qualifications

• Experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• Systems-level programming in Go and Rust.
• Expertise in L3/L4 networking protocols and Linux kernel networking primitives.
• Strong debugging and optimization skills; attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and operate network services on one of the world’s largest edge networks.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to deliver new features and improve performance.
• Design and implement scalable control planes and data pipelines for visibility and reliability.

Skills

Go

Rust

L3/L4 networking

Linux kernel networking

Netfilter/nftables/eBPF

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Debugging/Optimization

Job description

Cloudflare is hiring software engineers to build and operate large-scale, distributed networking systems on one of the world’s largest edge networks. You will work across Go, Rust, and Linux kernel networking to deliver new features, improve performance, and scale our network services.

Collaboration with engineers and product managers is essential to ship reliable, high-quality solutions. Ideal candidates combine systems programming with deep networking expertise, strong debugging skills, and a