Senior Windows Rust Engineer – Zero Trust Networking

Cloudflare, Inc.; Austin, Seattle (TX, WA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Health & Welfare Benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Job summary

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Senior Windows Software Engineer to join the Zero Trust team, building the desktop client that protects corporate devices as they connect to Cloudflare’s global network.

The role emphasizes Rust and platform-native languages, strong Windows internals knowledge, and high-quality, well-documented code across multiple desktop platforms; hybrid work options apply, with compensation and equity benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Windows internals, kernel-mode programming, and network protocols.
• Experience with low-level Windows driver development, ideally network drivers.
• Strong coding quality and thorough documentation.
• Experience writing easily-testable, well-structured code with dependency injection.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement major features for the Zero Trust desktop client.
• Collaborate with product managers and teams to ship customer-impacting capabilities.
• Ensure performance, security, and reliability across multiple desktop platforms.

Skills

Windows internals

Kernel programming

Rust

C/C++

Multithreading

Networking protocols

Security standards

Code review

Dependency injection

Job description

Cloudflare, Inc. is seeking a Senior Windows Software Engineer to join the Zero Trust team, building the desktop client that protects corporate devices as they connect to Cloudflare’s global network.

The role emphasizes Rust and platform-native languages, strong Windows internals knowledge, and high-quality, well-documented code across multiple desktop platforms; hybrid work options apply, with compensation and equity benefits.