Senior Software Engineer (Security)
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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.
At Cloudflare were not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; were looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a normalized problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow while ensuring that every improvement no matter how small is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If youre the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward youll fit right in.
Available Locations: Bengaluru
About The Team
Join Cloudflares Security Automation Engineering Team where we are pivoting from traditional Security as Code to Security as Agents. Our mission is to build a self-healing autonomous defense layer.
We focus on
Agentic AI Orchestration: Building autonomous agents to manage end-to-end securityworkflows.
Autonomous Security Assurance: Leveraging LLMs for automated vendor reviewsand M&A due diligence.
Active Defense: Continuous threat automation via intelligent helper agents.
Intelligence for MTTR: Using Agentic AI to diagnose triage and remediate incidents inreal-time on end points as well as overall Enterprise
Compliance & Audit Readiness: Automating complex assessment flows and evidencegathering.
About The Role
As a Senior Security AI Engineer you will be the technical architect for our Agentic AIroadmap. Your mission is to move beyond simple automation scripts and build a fleet of AITeam Membersintelligent helper agents that execute complex security algorithms processflows and assessment logic. You will leverage Cloudflares Workers platform to deploy agenticsolutions that close critical security gaps and replace traditional third-party tooling with high-performance proprietary AI workflows.
What Youll Do
Agent Architecture: Design and deploy multi-agent systems that follow complexsecurity algorithms and assessment flows to automate manual SOC and Assurance tasks.
Skill Engineering: Standardize agent capabilities by creating and maintaining and specialized Markdown documentation that define agentic personas andexecution boundaries.
Workflow Training: Train and fine-tune LLMs to function as helper agents capable ofexecuting autonomous AI workflows as integral members of the Security Engineeringteam.
Infrastructure as Agents: Utilize Cloudflare Workers Vectorize and AI Gateway tobuild serverless low-latency agentic architectures for real-time traffic analysis andremediation.
Autonomous Assessment: Build and scale the engine for autonomous vendor securityreviews and M&A assessments transforming qualitative data into quantitative riskinsights.
Mentorship: Lead the transition for Developer and Automation Engineers into the AIspace fostering a culture of Agentic Security.
Requirements
Experience: 12 years in Information Security or Software Engineering with at least 5years focused on AI Engineering Agentic AI or Advanced Automation usingOpencode
AI Expertise: Deep understanding of LLM orchestration prompt engineering andbuilding agentic loops (e.g. LangChain AutoGen or custom frameworks).
Agent Development: Proven ability to create agents from structured definitions() and automate tasks that follow strict process/algorithmic flows.
Cloudflare Ecosystem: Expert knowledge of Cloudflare Workers KV Durable Objectsand R2. Experience with Cloudflare AI tools is a significant plus.
Languages: Mastery of WindsurfOpencode or Rust.
Security Domain: Strong grasp of Cyber Security fundamentals including SIEM/SOARlogic UEBA and risk assessment frameworks.
Technical Writing: Ability to document complex AI logic and agent skills in clearexecutable Markdown files.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building custom Agentic AI solutions that have replaced enterprise-grade3rd party security software.
Background in M&A Security Due Diligence or Vendor Risk Management automation.
Prior experience building edge-based security products or AI-driven log-pushintegrations.
Certifications: CISSP or specialized AI/Machine Learning certifications.
Fraud Alert:Do not fall victim to recruitment fraud. Cloudflare never charges application fees or requires candidates to purchase third-party certifications or training as a condition of employment. All official communication comes strictly from @ addresses.
What Makes Cloudflare Special
Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale 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 customers--at 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 privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused 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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