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Senior Software Engineer, Network Performance & Reliability

Cloudflare · Hybrid

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
54 days
Cloudflare's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
28% of Cloudflare's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare
high
252 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
2026-10-08

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 Argo team at Cloudflare, you will focus on enhancing network performance and reliability for Cloudflare's products. Your role involves collaborating with various engineering teams to develop new capabilities, participating in the software development lifecycle, and utilizing a range of technologies including Rust, Go, and Kubernetes. You will also engage in operational responsibilities, including on-call duties, to ensure the health of the systems you help build.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
3/5
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

  • Systems-level programming experience in Go, Rust, C, or C++
  • A solid grasp of networking protocols in Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI Model
  • Knowledge of HTTP, TLS, and CDN networks
  • Experience in implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems
  • Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience participating in an on-call rotation

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing
  • Professional systems-level programming experience in Rust
  • Working knowledge of statistical-analysis techniques and control theory
  • Experience building tools and APIs
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code completion, codebase analysis, log/data exploration) in a professional setting

What you get

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Fast-paced work environment may not suit everyone
  • On-call rotation responsibilities may be demanding

Summarised from Cloudflare's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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