Systems Engineer, Network Protocols & Distributed Systems is open at Cloudflare (Hybrid). The posting gives a salary of €54K - €75K. Posted on Sep 9, 2026, and still on Cloudflare’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Build and operate systems that terminate HTTP and TLS at Internet scale Migrate core infrastructure from NGINX to a next-gen Rust-based proxy Measure and improve protocol performance across real-world traffic Contribute to open source and industry standards Learn from and work alongside some of the leading engineers in this space You might be a good fit if you: Have solid systems programming experience (Rust, C, or…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Cloudflare’s careers page.
Hiring at Cloudflare
Cloudflare has 479 open roles right now. Most are in Engineering, Sales & Business Development and Security. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $230K. See all its roles


