Software Engineer, Magic Visibility

While this job can be worked almost entirely remotely, hiring is focused on the following greater metro areas (~50 miles):

• Austin, TX
• Atlanta, GA
• Chicago, IL
• Denver, CO
• New York City
• Seattle, WA
• Washington, DC
• Mexico City, MX
• Toronto, CA

About the team
As a backend software engineer on the Magic Visibility team, you will contribute across a wide range of technologies and systems to deliver new products that provide network visibility and insights to our customers. You will help build and grow a globally distributed network data collector and the pipeline that delivers, processes, and stores the massive stream of data. You will build backend services that analyze this network data and correlate it with a multitude of other data sources within Cloudflare. You will build APIs and integrations with other products such as DDoS mitigation, Magic Transit, and Magic Firewall to enable customers to take action on insights we surface. You will scale all of these technologies to enable access to these products to all Cloudflare customers.
We're looking for curious, empathetic engineers who are excited to work across the whole stack of technologies we use at Cloudflare to quickly deliver end-to-end solutions!
Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

• Experience building, shipping, and supporting large-scale software applications
• Experience with message streaming and stream processing technologies, such as Kafka
• Background in statistics, mathematical analysis, and data modeling
• Knowledge of SQL and common relational database systems such as PostgreSQL
• Systems-level programming experience, especially in Go or Rust
• Strong ability to debug issues in complex systems
• Excited by quickly delivering results that make a meaningful difference to customers
• Motivated to own solutions end-to-end, driving all stages of the design, development, and deployment process
• Creative, open-minded, collaborative problem solver
• Focus on clarity in written and verbal communication

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. There are multiple levels open on the team, both mid & senior level.
Senior Level (4)

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

Mid Level (3)

• For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $162,000 - $198,000
• For New York City, Washington, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $154,000 - $188,000
• For Colorado-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $137,000 - $167,000

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