Software Engineer, FL

At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare were not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; were looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a normalized problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow while ensuring that every improvement no matter how small is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If youre the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward youll fit right in.

Available Locations: London

Cloudflares Engineering team is responsible for the software platform that serves millions of HTTP requests per second on average. We also build and run the tools that empower our colleagues to rapidly deliver products to market as well as monitor and deploy software updates across the globe to over 200 data centers. Youll experience the full breadth of technologies needed to run one of the worlds largest networks serving the worlds largest customers such as Shopify and VISA.

About The Team

Cloudflares Front Line (FL) group is responsible for maintaining and developing the main Cloudflare web server processing over 150 million HTTP requests per other words we own the largest web server in the world.

The team is responsible for improving efficiency & safety deployment frequency and automation & observability. The platform is entirely built on Rust with over 20 teams collaborating on the same codebase.

What youll do

You will work with a team of talented engineers to increase the availability safety & reliability of the edge ecosystem. You will improve the platform increasing reliability availability and security increase at the edge and help to build the best web server in the world.

This is a unique opportunity to be at the nexus of Cloudflare edge applications and operations and to collaborate closely with most other product and engineering teams at Cloudflare.

Examples of desirable skills knowledge and experience

• Solid competencies in practical computer science applying the right algorithms data structures concurrency control systems to software design and building large distributed systems
• Experience in performance engineering
• Driving communication and consensus across teams
• A drive for continuous improvement when it comes to both operations and new product development

These are things which the role is likely to require; were happy to help you learn on the job but prior experience is beneficial

• Experience of languages: Rust Go
• Knowledge of web servers and web protocols
• Distributed systems
• Web security issues and industry standards

Most importantly we are looking for people who want to learn something new. We maintain the largest web server in the world and we face unique challenges. You will be collaborating and designing innovative solutions to improve the life of millions of people around the globe everywhere they are whatever their needs are.

Join and help us build a better Internet!

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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