Cloudflare · 14 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $206K/yr
5+ years expCloudflare is on a mission to help build a better Internet, operating one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Infrastructure Software Systems and Automation team, focusing on automating infrastructure installations and improving deployment speed.
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Responsibilities
Build and develop the platform which makes Cloudflare customers place their trust in us
Focus on automating our infrastructure installations and decommissions at scale
Enable our Data Centre Engineering teams by allowing them to install new data centers, replace servers and networking in existing data centers as quickly and efficiently as possible while not impacting existing infrastructure and customer services
Review upcoming hardware changes and update automation and configuration management to cater to these advances
Qualification
Required
Confidence to work in multiple programming languages - bonus points for Python, Go and/or Rust experience
5 years of relevant Development experience
Strong skills in network services, including Rest APIs and HTTP
Strong systems level programming skills
Experience (and love) for debugging to ensure the system works in all cases
Experience with a continuous integration workflow and using source control (we use git)
Linux systems administration experience
Experience with Kubernetes and docker
Tooling and automation development experience
Network fundamentals DHCP, ARP, subnetting, routing, firewalls, IPv6
Configuration management systems such as Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible
SQL databases (Postgres or MySQL)
Time series databases (OpenTSDB, Graphite, Prometheus)
The ability to understand service and device metrics and visualize them using Grafana
Great oral and written communications skills
Desire to learn and improve
Preferred
Experience with continuous / rapid release engineering
Experience developing systems that are highly available and redundant across regions
Performance analysis and debugging with tools like perf, sar, strace, dtrace
Experience with the Linux kernel and Linux software packaging
Internetworking and BGP experience
Key/Value stores (Redis, KyotoTycoon, Cassandra, LevelDB)
Load balancing and reverse proxies such as Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache
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
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
Company
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.08BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonFidelityUnion Square Ventures
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2019-09-12IPO
2019-03-12Series E· $150M
Leadership Team
Matthew Prince
CEO & Co-Founder
Lee Holloway
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
Recent News
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