Software Engineer, Magic Firewall

About Us

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. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! 

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.

You can read more about what our team works on here:

• https://blog.cloudflare.com/programmable-packet-filtering-with-magic-firewall/
• https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall-optimizing-ip-lists

About the role

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.

We're looking for determined, curious, empathetic engineers to join our fast-growing team!

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.

Senior Level (4)

• 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.

Mid Level (3)

• For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $162,000 - $198,000
• For New York City, Washington, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $154,000 - $188,000
• For Colorado-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $137,000 - $167,000

Equity

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

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our