Systems Engineer, Network Protocols & Distributed Systems

cloudflare; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is looking for excellent engineers who love tough problems, want to learn deeply, and contribute to one of the most technically demanding areas of infrastructure. Hybrid roles in London, Lisbon, or Austin shape the Internet’s edge and security.

You’ll build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale, migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy, measure performance, and contribute to open source and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale
• Migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy
• Measure and improve protocol performance across real-world traffic
• Contribute to open source and industry standards
• Learn from and work alongside some of the leading engineers in this space

Job description

Cloudflare is looking for excellent engineers who love tough problems, want to learn deeply, and contribute to one of the most technically demanding areas of infrastructure. Hybrid roles in London, Lisbon, or Austin shape the Internet’s edge and security.

You’ll build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale, migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy, measure performance, and contribute to open source and industry standards.