Software Engineer, Network Interconnect

Cloudflare

Software Engineer building systems for direct network interconnect at Cloudflare. Collaborating across teams and participating in the software development lifecycle.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in systems-level programming with a focus on Rust and Go, alongside a strong understanding of IP networking fundamentals and distributed systems. Capable of collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams while managing production software deployments and participating in on-call rotations.

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Systems-Level ProgrammingRust ProgrammingGo ProgrammingBGP RoutingDistributed Systems

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Hard Skills

RustGoCC++PostgreSQLPrometheusKubernetesLinux NetworkingBGP RoutingIP Networking Fundamentals

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunication

Industry Keywords

Network InterconnectsCloudflareOn-Call RotationDistributed SystemsVirtual Interconnect Technologies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoKubernetesLinuxPostgresPrometheusRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and extend the systems that provision, monitor, and orchestrate private network interconnects at scale.
Collaborate with Product Management, Network Engineering, and Infrastructure teams on ambitious initiatives to connect enterprise customers directly to Cloudflare's global network.
Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle: from designing and documenting systems, to writing code and automated tests, to planning, managing, and monitoring production software deployments.
Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including Rust, Go, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Linux networking, network operating systems, and BGP routing, among others.
Participate in the team's on-call rotation as part of operational duties.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Systems-level programming experience in Rust, Go, C, or C++.
Understanding of IP networking fundamentals: BGP, Layer 3 routing, and how physical and virtual interconnect technologies work (cross-connects, VLANs, overlay tunnels).
Experience building, deploying, and debugging distributed systems.
Experience participating in an on-call rotation for services with direct customer impact.
Willingness to adopt and integrate AI tools and systems into your workflow.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re 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, we've equipped more than 2,400 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 Cloudflare’s 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, we've 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. Here’s the deal - we don’t 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.