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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 9 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 Security Rules team at Cloudflare, you will design, implement, and maintain software systems for their Application Security Product Offering. You will lead complex technical projects, collaborate with various internal teams, mentor other engineers, and ensure high-quality code through reviews. The role involves working with a range of technologies, primarily Rust and Go, while focusing on building reliable and scalable systems.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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
- 6+ years of relevant professional experience with a technology company
- Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, C++, or a similar systems-level language
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects from ambiguity through delivery
- Experience building and operating distributed systems
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating empathy, teamwork and a sense of ownership
- Experience mentoring engineers, reviewing technical designs and providing high-quality code review
Nice to have
- Experience influencing technical direction across a team or product area
- Experience improving engineering practices, operational processes, or reliability for production services
- Experience with modern Unix/Linux development and runtime environments
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus and Grafana
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes
What you get
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
Worth weighing
- Role may require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours.
- No specific mention of remote work policy beyond hybrid location.
- Salary range provided only for Portugal-based hires, which may not apply to other locations.
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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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