Software Engineer: Resiliency - Deploy at Scale

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Location: Washington DC or Austin TX

Cloudflare’s Infrastructure Team builds and runs the systems and software that support our solutions that handle trillions of requests per month. We ensure that all of the new and existing features and functionality that Cloudflare offers can be managed at scale and meet the needs of our massively growing, global customer base.

What you'll do

As a Software Engineer: Release Manager, you will be part of the Resiliency Organization responsible for building and maintaining the platform that powers safe, reliable, and automated deployments across Cloudflare. We are looking for engineers to join the Deploy@Scale team and shape the future of deployment automation and release safety. The Release Manager platform is pivotal in ensuring service resiliency by orchestrating progressive deployments, supporting health-mediated rollouts, and automating release workflows at scale. Our mission is to make deployments seamless, predictable, and observable for all engineering teams across Cloudflare. This is a unique opportunity to work on complex, globally distributed systems that underpin every Cloudflare product. You will play a key role in advancing the infrastructure that enables fast, safe delivery of changes to production, directly impacting the reliability and velocity of Cloudflare’s global network

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

At least 4 years of hands-on software development experience on meaningfully complex systems.

Experience building both backend systems and frontend widgets.

Ability to contribute to planning, development, and execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability.

Experience implementing tools, processes, internal instrumentation, and methodologies.

Comfortable working on projects with tight deadlines and short release cycles.

Strong verbal and written English language skills.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

For Washington D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $154,000 - 188,000.

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