Job brief: Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes platform

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Cloudflare's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-06 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Cloudflare's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $168,000 to $266,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Distributed; Hybrid · Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX +8
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Conditions

• Global Travel Medical Insurance
• All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity,…

Main duties

• Design scalable and resilient systems that can keep up with company growth.
• Work with application teams to understand their needs and challenges, and help them choose the best way to architect their systems to run well in our Kuberne…
• Harden the platform against security threats, noisy neighbours, and accidents.
• Improve the efficiency of our use of resources such as CPU, memory, bandwidth, and storage.
• Help respond to, resolve, and prevent incidents impacting the platform or our users.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in New York, NY: $217k a year (216 listings, 24 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Cloudflare's 262 open listings, 40% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Cloudflare hires

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