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$ 115000 - 187000
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Job Description
At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds 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 Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds 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!
Available Locations
Lisbon Portugal; Porto Portugal; Austin TX;
About the department
Cloudflares Engineering Team builds and runs the software that handles trillions of requests per month. Product development covers both new features and functionality and scaling our existing software to meet the challenges of a massively growing customer base.
The Cloudflare Zero Trust group within the Engineering organization is taking on the mission of ensuring the people and teams within an organization can access the tools they need to do their job safe from malware and other online threats with the speed and reliability that Cloudflare is known for.
What youll do
In this role youll help us build Gateway and DNS Filtering products ambitious products that aim to be the most secure and performant method for an organizations devices to connect to the Internet. As an engineer on the Gateway teams you will focus on our highperformance global edge network data plane services and will also contribute to the control plane APIs that configure the edge services. You will be joining a global team of bright hardworking and supportive engineers who really care about their craft.
Example of systems that the team currently is building:
- A forwardproxy service running on every machine of Cloudflares extensive edge network responsible for inspecting filtering and blocking device requests based on an organizations configured policy;
- A DNS resolver running on our edge that leverages a Wirefilter based filtering rules engine;
- Microservices that allow organizations to configure manage and observe their organizations devices and their respective traffic.
Technologies we use:
- Gateways core edge services are written in Rust and deployed globally to 310 data centers;
- Our REST API is written in Go runs on Kubernetes and uses Postgres as a data store;
- Our frontend is written in Typescript and React;
- For service monitoring we use Prometheus and Grafana;
- For service logging we use Elasticsearch and Kibana;
- For product analytics we use Clickhouse and BigQuery.
Because youll be solving problems of massive scale and significance and shaping the future of the Internet you are a growthoriented individual who enjoys being outside of your comfort zone in a fastpaced environment.
Examples of desirable skills knowledge and experience
As an ideal candidate for this position you are curious hardworking and passionate.
A rough list of the skills we would love to see you bring:
- Programming experience in Rust C or similar low level languages
- Programming experience in Go and/or Typescript is a plus but not required
- A strong grasp of networking protocols in Layers 37 of the OSI Model
- Solid understanding of HTTP protocols including experience with HTTP/2 and bonus for HTTP/3 experience
- Basic understanding of software security and encryption
- Experience in designing and implementing secure and highlyavailable distributed systems
- Willingness curiosity and enthusiasm to learn new programming languages technologies and systems
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Caring and empathy are coveted traits here
This role may require flexibility to be oncall outside of standard working hours to address technical issues as needed.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Austinbased hires: Estimated annual salary of $115000 $187000.
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.
Benefits
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! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and Portugal. Benefits vary depending on employees location.
US Health & Welfare Benefits
- Medical/Rx InsuranceDental InsuranceVision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- Ondemand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
US Financial Benefits
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
Portugal Health & Welfare Benefits
- Health Insurance (includes Dental and Vision)
- Meal Pass
- Child benefits
- Commuter Benefits
Portugal Financial Benefits
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Employee Stock Participation Plan (ESPP)
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
Were not just a highly ambitious largescale technology company. Were a highly ambitious largescale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use it is the first consumerfocused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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Employment Type
Full Time
