Job brief: Linux Engineer

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 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
• 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: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hybrid · Austin, TX · Denver, CO +2
• Posted: 2026-11-10

Colorado and New York and California require many employers to include pay in job postings; whether that covers this job depends on the law's rules.

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

Level: Not stated. The posting does not state a level or years of experience.

Must have

• export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Conditions

• 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

• Help with quick and safe deployment and delivery of the Linux kernel and basic operating system to Cloudflare Datacenters in more than 335 cities in over 100…
• Design tools and frameworks for other engineering teams to successfully embrace and enable the latest Linux kernel features and optimizations
• Help porting the Cloudflare software stack to new hardware platforms and architectures
• Build tools and CI/CD pipelines for safe and automated operating system continuous deployment

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 engineer jobs in New York, NY: $205k a year (378 listings, 35 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Cloudflare's 65 open listings, 6% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Cloudflare hires

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