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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days Cloudflare's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 28% of Cloudflare's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare
- low 0 stale, 12 reposted of 342 open
- Hiring momentum
- 494 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cloudflare's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cloudflare.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Addressing team at Cloudflare, you will architect, program, and maintain core software services that protect large corporate networks. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include designing and developing APIs and data models, working on microservices primarily in Go, and collaborating with other engineering teams to create scalable platforms. You will also engage in impactful projects that evolve Cloudflare's addressing tools, all while learning about the inner workings of edge routers and IP provisioning pipelines.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cloudflare as an employer.
What you need
- Experience writing high-quality code in one or more system programming languages (Go, Python, C/C++)
- Experience with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP and basic networking
- Basic understanding of the HTTP/S/TLS stack
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience building and operating distributed systems
Nice to have
- Experience working with Go
- Experience working with Rust
- Familiarity with UI design, workflows and implementation
- Familiarity with anycast or multi-site unicast networks
- Knowledge of DNS and DNS based traffic management techniques (e.g geo DNS)
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Position may require in-person interviews at Cloudflare offices or hubs
- Role involves working with a complex orchestration of IP address configuration and distributed systems
- The team is small and growing, which may mean more responsibility and influence over products and tools
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Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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