Software Engineer, Cloudflare
Media Platform
Web performance and security platform
Job no longer available
Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- Experience building, deploying, and operating full-stack services
- You will be working mainly with systems programming languages like Rust, Golang, Typescript, etc
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and system design
- Experience debugging, optimizing, and identifying failure modes in a large-scale distributed system
- A keen interest in the web and technologies such as web browsers, HTTP and JavaScript
Desirable
- Experience with image processing and transformation operations
- Experience working in low-latency real time environments such as game streaming, game engine architecture, high frequency trading, payment systems
- Expertise in data analysis and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
What the job involves
- 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
- Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ETI) is where new and bold products are built and released within Cloudflare
- Rather than being constrained by the structures which make Cloudflare a massively successful business, we are able to leverage them to deliver entirely new tools and products to our customers
- Cloudflare’s edge and network make it possible to solve problems at massive scale and efficiency which would be impossible for almost any other organization
- The Media platform organization builds and maintains a suite of products that are easy to enable and make web experiences faster
- The Cloudflare Image Optimization suite of products allow customers to focus on building great experiences rather than spending time optimizing for performance
- You will own code from inception to release, delivering solutions at all layers of the software stack to empower Cloudflare customers
- On any given day, you might write a design document that outlines how you plan to solve a specific problem, modify the request flow of Media products, or fix a bug in how our user experience renders
- You can expect to interact with a variety of languages and technologies including, but not limited to Rust, Go, Typescript
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with around 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
The cloud infrastructure market reached $53 billion in 2022. While the Big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) own 65% of the market, that still leaves billions of dollars left for companies such as Cloudflare. Its ambitious and successful work is likely to continue being a crucial feature of the web, but in 2023, placed it in the crosshairs of hackers looking to exploit its infrastructure. The beginning of 2024 saw Cloudflare vow to bolster its security and patch vulnerabilities.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Minimum 8 weeks of paid parental leave
- Equal opportunity employer
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Family planning and fertility program
- Gym discounts
- Commuter Benefits Program
Company values
- Principled - We create our products and features with a global mindset and democratize important and innovative technologies that drive adoption of the latest standards
- Curious - Our team is made up of pioneering innovators that approach new challenges with interest and a desire to learn
- Transparent - We hold ourselves accountable when we make mistakes—and we do everything we can to learn from them
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Lead Engineer)Lee started their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(President & COO)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare as CEO in March 2009.
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