Job Description
What You'll Do
The Argo team was formed to own a very important aspect of Cloudflare's systems: enable more reliable network connectivity for Cloudflare's products than the Internet itself provides.
Almost all products in Cloudflare's portfolio are or will be powered by Argo technology including CDN Spectrum Magic Transit Stream Workers Workers AI R2 WARP and more. As a member of the Argo team you'll be a key technical contributor to the cutting edge network software infrastructure used by those products.
You will work closely with various Engineering teams to translate their requirements into new capabilities on the platform. Likewise you will partner with Network Engineering and SRE to ensure that the technology makes the best use of Cloudflare's world-class edge network.
You will 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. You will work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages including Rust Go Linux networking ClickHouse PostgreSQL Grafana Kubernetes and more. You will use AI-powered tools and systems as part of your daily workflow to analyze and extend codebases introspect production systems and datasets and accelerate problem-solving.
Engineering teams at Cloudflare operate a Run What You Build model including ours. We are responsible for the health of our system and participate in our team's on-call rotation as part of operational responsibilities.
Because you'll be solving problems of massive scale and significance you are a growth-oriented individual who enjoys being outside of your comfort zone. You are comfortable in a fast-paced but sensible work environment. You value curiosity and empathy and lead with these values.
Must-Have Skills
- Systems-level programming experience in Go Rust C or C++. We use Rust extensively and while experience with the language isn't required a willingness to learn it is.
- A solid grasp of networking protocols in Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI Model.
- Knowledge of HTTP TLS and CDN networks.
- Experience in implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems.
- Experience with monitoring alerting and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience participating in an on-call rotation.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience/interest in network performance monitoring and tuning.
- Willingness to adopt and integrate AI tools and systems into your engineering workflow.
Bonus Points
- Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing.
- Professional systems-level programming experience in Rust.
- Working knowledge of statistical-analysis techniques and control theory.
- Experience building tools and APIs.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. code completion codebase analysis log/data exploration) in a professional setting.
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
More information on the team:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/orpheus-saves-internet-requests-while-maintaining-speed/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/orpheus/
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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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04/03/2026
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