Software Engineer (Security Platform, Distributed Systems)

Posted 5 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
168K-240K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Helping Build a Better Internet
The Role
The Software Engineer will build secure distributed systems for secrets and key management, contribute to open source projects, and overcome challenges related to large-scale systems. It involves working with cryptography and advanced system design.
Summary Generated by Built In

About the team
The Security Platform team is responsible for secrets and internal certificate management at Cloudflare, and has the mandate of building powerful and robust infrastructure and tools that enable other engineering teams to deliver secure products to our customers without sacrificing development velocity.
What you'll do

  • Build secure and resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management that runs across our edge network spanning more than 310 cities in over 120 countries
  • Design and benchmark proposals; identify bottlenecks in existing systems
  • Work with and contribute to open source projects that help accelerate our delivery

What you'll need

  • Familiarity with gossip, consensus and WAL system design and protocols
  • Experience working with large-scale systems (>10,000 nodes) and solving associated challenges
  • Strong technical problem-solving skills and ability to work under design constraints
  • Worked with codebases and developed in Go or Rust

Bonus points

  • Track record of contributing to open source distributed systems projects
  • Strong cryptography background and able to work with cryptosystems at the primitives level
  • Worked with HSMs, TPMs, or other platform TEEs (AMD SEV, Intel SGX, Apple Secure Enclave)


Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

  • For Colorado-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $206,000.
  • For New York City, Washington, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $187,000 - $229,000.
  • For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $196,000 - $240,000


Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
  • On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Global Travel Medical Insurance


Financial Benefits

  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Participation Plan


Time Off

  • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
  • Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Top Skills

Go,Rust
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
3,900 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.

Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.

Why Work With Us

Cloudflare employees come from all walks of life. We are mission-driven, and our team is energized by a collaborative, creative environment that celebrates our differences and fosters new ways to grow together.

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