Cloudflare
Senior Systems Engineer
$156K–$254K
Hybrid +5 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX, United States
Denver, Colorado, United States
Seattle, WA
Washington, DC, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex production systems.
- Visa sponsorship
- Offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Build and lead development of Cloudflare One’s Linux-based edge appliance runtime and distributed control plane connecting customer sites to Cloudflare.
What you'll do
- Design and implement networking, control-plane, telemetry, and deployment capabilities across appliance and cloud environments.
- Improve fleet security, reliability, observability, and lifecycle management, including safe configuration delivery and updates.
- Set technical direction, lead cross-team initiatives, and own production rollouts and outcomes.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex production systems.
- Strong skills in Rust, C/C++, Go, or a comparable systems language, with ability to work across the stack including TypeScript.
- Linux networking internals experience, including kernel networking with eBPF/XDP, netlink, and network namespaces.
- Experience with distributed control planes or fleet-management systems, secure systems design, and owning initiatives through production.
Nice to have
- Networking product or system experience, such as SD-WAN, SASE, SDN platforms, or network operating systems.
- Experience with embedded Linux, immutable image updates, hardware-backed security, fleet testing, or remote diagnostics.
Pay
USD 185,000 - 254,000 annual salary (base salary); USD 156,000 - 215,000 annual salary (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C/C++, Go, TypeScript, Linux, eBPF/XDP, IPsec, MASQUE
AI focus
Use AI-assisted engineering tools, coding agents, harnesses, or automation responsibly to improve engineering quality and throughput.
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