Staff/Principal Software Engineer - Security Platform

Cloudflare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Rx Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Spending Accounts

Global Travel Medical Insurance

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking an experienced professional to join its Security Platform team in Austin, Texas. You will build and operate resilient distributed systems managing secrets and key infrastructure, ensuring security for various engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in software development and security. This position will allow you to contribute to meaningful projects within a dynamic environment committed to an open Internet.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong security background with a focus on implementation.
• Experience with cryptography and contributing to open-source security projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate secure distributed systems for secrets management.
• Support internal developers and consult on system design.
• Be on-call outside of standard working hours as necessary.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems design

Security implementation

Tools

Linux/UNIX systems

HashiCorp Vault

Go and/or Python

Job description

About The Role

The Security Platform team is an infrastructure/developer tools group tasked with building and operating powerful, resilient, and secure infrastructure and systems that enable other engineering teams to deliver products to our customers efficiently and securely. We are responsible for secrets management, internal certificate authorities/PKI, machine and workload identity, and more. We are not a policy, audit, or compliance team, but rather an infrastructure engineering/software development one.

Responsibilities

• You’ll build and operate secure and resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management, running across our network that spans more than 310 cities in over 120 countries. Our focus is strengthening/re-architecting internal PKI and machine/workload identity. You’ll run and support the systems we build, both in an operational sense and by helping other internal developers use them. You’ll consult on the design and architecture of new systems and products to ensure they are built securely and use our services correctly.
• This role may require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours to address technical issues as needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• Software development and distributed systems design expertise
• Strong security background with a focus on implementation, not policy/compliance

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, And Experience

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• Software development and distributed systems design expertise
• Strong security background with a focus on implementation, not policy/compliance

Bonus Points

• Bonus / nice-to-have skills
• Track record of contributing to open source security or distributed systems projects
• Cryptography background and ability to work with cryptosystems at the primitives level
• Experience with HSMs, TPMs, or other platform TEEs (e.g. AMD SEV, Intel SGX, Apple Secure Enclave)
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or OpenBao, or similar
• Linux/UNIX system administration proficiency
• Familiarity with Go and/or Python + Salt specifically

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For New York City, Washington D.C., and Seattle based hires: Estimated annual salary of 185,000 - 275,000 USD.
• For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of 168,000 - 250,000 USD.
• For Toronto, Canada based hires: Estimated annual salary of 150,000 - 240,000 CAD.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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