Cloudflare
Senior Software Engineer - Network Connectivity (Go/Rust)
$66K–$91K
Hybrid +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 8, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid
Austin, TX, United States - Visa sponsorship
- Offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Build and operate Cloudflare’s egress connectivity platform, enabling products to connect from its network to destinations worldwide.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and deploy network software in collaboration with engineering, Network Engineering, and SRE teams.
- Participate in on-call operations and investigate escalated customer issues.
- Use AI-powered tools to analyze codebases, production systems, and datasets and accelerate problem-solving.
What they ask for
- Programming experience in Go or Rust, with a desire to improve skills in both.
- Solid grasp of Layer 3 and 4 networking protocols.
- Knowledge of HTTP, TLS, and CDN networks.
- Experience implementing secure, highly available distributed systems and ability to debug complex systems.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing; professional systems-level programming experience in Rust.
- Experience building tools and APIs, monitoring large-scale distributed systems, or participating in on-call rotations; professional use of AI-assisted development tools.
Pay
€66,000 - €91,000 (annual salary; Portugal-based hires)
Tools
Rust, Go, Linux networking, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Kubernetes
AI focus
Use AI-powered tools and systems in daily engineering work to analyze and extend codebases, inspect production systems and datasets, and accelerate problem-solving.
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