Software Engineer, Magic Firewall

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.

About the team

Magic Firewall protects global networks of any size with a fast, globally-distributed next generation firewall that's managed through a single pane of glass. Our customers enjoy the ease of management and advanced insights to identify threats and secure their traffic. We are a team of engineers and product managers who obsess over quickly building products that solve real customer problems using innovative technologies and techniques which leverage Cloudflare’s unique architecture and global network footprint.

As a software engineer on the Magic Firewall team, you will be designing and developing distributed edge services, microservices, monitoring, and APIs. You will proactively monitor production services, respond to customer escalations and incidents.

We primarily use Go for our configuration in Kubernetes and control plane services on our distributed edge network. Our dataplane is built with Linux netfilter, network namespaces, nftables, and eBPF. We operate our systems with the help of tools like SaltStack, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

• Expertise with Linux networking internals, bonus points for experience in eBPF and Linux netfilter
• Systems-level programming experience, especially in Go or Rust
• Strong ability to debug issues in complex systems
• Excited by quickly delivering results that make a meaningful difference to customers
• Own solutions end-to-end and driving the design, development, and deployment process
• Able to work across teams and level common, sustainable solutions
• Creative, open-minded, collaborative problem solver
• Focus on clarity in written and verbal communication

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. There are multiple levels open on the team, both mid & senior level.

• For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $196,000 - $240,000
• For New York City, Washington, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $187,000 - $229,000
• For Colorado-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $206,000

Equity

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

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!

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx 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
• Short and Long Term Disability 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

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. 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!

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