Staff/Principal Software Engineer - Security Platform

Cloudflare; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Rx Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Cloudflare, located in New York, is seeking a skilled professional to join the Security Platform team. This role focuses on building and maintaining secure distributed systems essential for key and secrets management. Candidates should have a solid background in software development and security, with over 8 years of experience.

Benefits include competitive salary ranges and participation in Cloudflare's equity plan. Join us to enhance security for our diverse customer base!

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience contributing to open source projects related to security.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or similar.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate secure distributed systems for secrets and key management.
• Support systems operationally and assist other developers in usage.
• Consult on design and architecture of new systems ensuring security compliance.

Skills

Software development and distributed systems design expertise

Strong security background

Tools

Linux/UNIX system administration

Go and/or Python

Job description

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today, the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

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 and 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.

Desired 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

• 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

• 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

Health & Welfare Benefits

• 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

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Equal Employment Opportunity & Accommodations

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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