Vulnerability Defense Software Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TXWashington, DC
Salary
$150,000–$206,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Similar $188k
This role $178k
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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $154,600–$221,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $178k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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About Cloudflare, Inc

Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

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TL;DR · Vulnerability Defense Software Engineer

As a Vulnerability Defense Software Engineer on the Cloudforce One team, you will join a threat operations and research group dedicated to identifying and disrupting cyber threats ranging from criminal activity to nation-state sponsored attacks. You will build and evolve distributed systems that translate security tradecraft into scalable, evidence-based workflows while helping practitioners assess technical risk and prioritize issues. Your daily work involves designing high-performance applications to automate investigative methods and provide actionable guidance to engineering teams. The role requires proficiency in Go, TypeScript, Rust, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, and PostgreSQL. You will also utilize the company's developer platform and incorporate AI-assisted development into your workflow. This position addresses the critical challenge of synthesizing massive amounts of network data into actionable intelligence to protect infrastructure against sophisticated cyber threats.

What you'll do

  • Design and scale distributed tools that translate security tradecraft into evidence-based systems and workflows.
  • Build high-performance applications to help security practitioners assess risk and investigate complex systems.
  • Partner with security experts to identify bottlenecks and automate manual investigation processes.
  • Improve system architecture to ensure the stability and performance of internal and customer-facing services.
  • Translate complex security requirements into robust, scalable software solutions.
  • Communicate and prioritize technical concepts across different engineering teams.
  • Mentor other developers to promote best practices for writing well-tested, modular, and reusable code.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience building large-scale software applications is required (preferably distributed systems).
  • Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services is required.
  • Knowledge of SQL and common relational database systems such as PostgreSQL is required.
  • Prior experience writing production-ready code in Go and/or TypeScript is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, incident response workflows, and vulnerability research is preferred.
  • Experience with AI-assisted development and designing agentic AI workflows is preferred.
  • Expertise in application security, security research, or deep understanding of DNS, TLS/SSL, and HTTP is a bonus.
  • Export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

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