Senior Software Engineer, Magic PlatformHybrid or Remote
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While this job can be worked almost entirely remotely, hiring is focused on the following greater metro areas (~50 miles): Austin, TXAtlanta, GAChicago, ILNew York CitySeattle, WAWashington, DCToronto, CAAbout the team Cloudflare is redefining the way network functions are deployed at scale. Magic WAN and Magic Transit put the connectivity, scale, and performance of Cloudflare's global network in front of customers' network infrastructure, providing a single pane of glass for deploying and managing network functions like Secure Web Gateway, Next Generation Firewall, IDS/IPS, WAN optimization, and more. Magic Platform team is responsible for a set of products, features, and technologies that comprise Magic Transit and Magic WAN, working alongside other engineering teams in this space to deliver a cohesive customer experience. 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.
About the role As a software engineer on the Magic Platform team, you will be designing and developing distributed edge services and monitoring. You will proactively monitor production services, respond to customer escalations and incidents.
We primarily use Go for our control plane services on our distributed edge network. Our dataplane is built with Linux netfilter, network namespaces, and nftables. 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 internalsUnderstanding of L2, L3 networking and routing protocolsUserspace networkingComplex nft and iptables rulesWriting code for massively parallelized distributed systemsExperience with various load balancing strategies -- and the knowledge to know which is best for different circumstancesSystems-level programming experience, especially in GoBPFStrong ability to debug issues in complex systemsOwn solutions end-to-end and driving the design, development, and deployment processAble to work across teams and level common, sustainable solutionsCreative, empathetic, open-minded, collaborative problem solverFocus on clarity in written and verbal communicationCompensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. There are multiple levels open on the team, both mid & senior level.
For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $196,000 - $240,000For 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.Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
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 benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits Medical/Rx InsuranceVision InsuranceFlexible Spending AccountsCommuter Spending AccountsFertility & Family Forming BenefitsOn-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance ProgramGlobal Travel Medical InsuranceShort and Long Term Disability Insurance401(k) Retirement Savings PlanEmployee Stock Participation PlanTime Off Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leaveLeave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leaveWhat Makes Cloudflare Special? We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're 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.
Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!
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