Cloudflare

Staff Software Engineer - Integrated Network Strategy

Who can apply: Only open to applicants in: California, New York, Texas.
Location as listed by the employer: “Hybrid; Austin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA”
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About this role

Cloudflare is hiring for a Staff Software Engineer - Integrated Network Strategy role. See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 10+ years designing, operating, or planning large-scale network infrastructure at hyperscale (or equivalent)
  • Proven track record building greenfield network architectures and evolving them as business needs change
  • Deep, hands-on expertise with modern routing protocols (BGP, ISIS, RSVP-TE, QoS, traffic engineering)
  • Strong experience with software-defined networking, overlay networks, and programmable forwarding
  • Expert-level understanding of network economics: cost drivers, capacity planning, peering strategy, and trade-offs between performance, redundancy, and capital efficiency
  • Track record automating complex network operations and building extensible frameworks that scale across large teams
  • Experience designing and implementing DDoS mitigation strategies, firewall policies, and network security at scale
  • Ability to design intent-based systems that reduce operational complexity while maintaining flexibility

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