Senior Software Engineer, Workers Runtime (Rust/C++)

Webhosting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Workers Runtime in Austin, TX. You will build features and optimize a large-scale distributed system while shipping quickly and maintaining reliability.

We value candidates with 2+ years of C++ or Rust experience, strong CS fundamentals, and ownership of production systems. This role offers the chance to influence core services and collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of C++ or Rust experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms).
• Experience owning production systems.
• Experience debugging and optimizing large-scale Linux-based distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build features and improvements for the Workers Runtime.
• Improve runtime performance, reliability, and scale.
• Own code in production and debug issues in a large-scale distributed system.
• Collaborate in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Skills

CS fundamentals

Production ownership

Debugging skills

Performance tuning

Tools

C++

Rust

Linux

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Workers Runtime in Austin, TX. You will build features and optimize a large-scale distributed system while shipping quickly and maintaining reliability.

We value candidates with 2+ years of C++ or Rust experience, strong CS fundamentals, and ownership of production systems. This role offers the chance to influence core services and collaborate across teams.