or apply directly on Cloudflare's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 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 Software Engineer in the Front Line group at Cloudflare, you will work with a team to enhance the reliability, safety, and availability of the world's largest web server, processing over 150 million HTTP requests per second. Your role will involve improving the platform and collaborating with various product and engineering teams to tackle unique challenges in edge applications and operations.
- 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
- Solid competencies in practical computer science
- Experience in performance engineering
- Driving communication and consensus across teams
- A drive for continuous improvement in operations and new product development
Nice to have
- Experience of languages: Rust, Go
- Knowledge of web servers and web protocols
- Experience with distributed systems
- Understanding of web security issues and industry standards
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Hybrid work location
- In-person interview may be required at later stages
- Role involves working on large-scale, complex systems which may require a steep learning curve
Summarised from Cloudflare's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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