Software Engineer - WAN Connector (Rust, Go, Linux)

About the team

Our Network Services product suite puts the connectivity, scale, and performance of Cloudflare’s global network in front of customers’ internal network infrastructure and private networks. Our team works with Rust, Go, Linux, and cloud technologies to build network operating systems and distributed cloud backends. We are looking for engineers who are just as interested in building their own Linux-based OS as they are in cloud architecture, and just as interested in Rust as they are in Go.

Magic WAN Connector

The Magic WAN Connector is a lightweight network operating system providing zero touch connectivity to the Cloudflare network, extending the power of the Cloudflare global network to customer locations, and providing local network access to Cloudflare’s cloud-native networking services at the Edge. Connectors are deployed worldwide on certified networking hardware and virtual machines, and are managed via a cloud backend.

About the role

We’re looking for curious and empathetic engineers who are excited to join us in changing the way networking is done. Some of the things our team works on include:

• A lightweight linux OS, with custom software written in Rust


• A distributed cloud backend using Go, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL


• Release, Deployment, and Testing systems for various applications including operating systems and backend APIs


• Debugging packet flows and IPsec tunnels that span the globally distributed Cloudflare network and globally distributed customer networks, often involving debugging of Linux kernel networking primitives – netfilter, nftables, eBPF, tc, network namespaces, etc


• Partnering with some of the best engineers and product managers to solve big problems

Desired skills, knowledge, and experience

• Rust and/or Go programming


• Broad networking expertise across L3-L7 networking flows and protocols


• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and backend systems


• Experience building on top of Linux kernel networking primitives – netfilter, nftables, eBPF, tc, network namespaces, etc


• Experience building and shipping highly distributed systems with best SRE practices


• Experience with embedded OS build tools like Buildroot or Yocto


• Able to work across teams and level common, sustainable solutions


• 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 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 Insurance


• Dental Insurance


• Vision Insurance


• Flexible Spending Accounts


• Commuter Spending Accounts


• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits


• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program


• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance


• Life & Accident Insurance


• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan


• Employee Stock Participation Plan

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?

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.

Project Galileo: We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: We created 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.

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. Here’s the deal - we don’t 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 you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

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