Software Engineer, Realtime

You’ll be part of a team pushing the envelope of global realtime communication over the Internet, building and operating systems and services for realtime video, voice and data across the world, building on WebRTC, MoQ and emerging technologies.

• Working with Product Management and customers to understand requirements.
• Designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• Instrumenting global realtime services, creating dashboards, and analyzing data.
• Monitoring and tuning system performance.
• Researching and implementing Internet standards.
• Effectively using all tools at your disposal, including AI.

• Solid computer science and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
• Curiosity, initiative and a desire to collaborate closely with others.
• Knowledge of a modern systems programming language such as Rust or Go.

• Experience working with realtime protocols such as WebRTC or MoQ.
• Experience working with streaming media.
• Relevant personal projects.

This role may require flexibility to be on-call outside of standard working hours to address technical issues as needed.

For NYC based hires: estimated annual salary of $123,000 - 187,000. Equity: This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits including health care, caregiving support, financial benefits, and time off. Specific benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, commuter spending accounts, fertility and family forming benefits, mental health support, disability insurance, life insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee stock participation plan, flexible PTO, and leave programs including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave.