Senior Network EngineerActive$172K–$237K
The opportunity
Cloudflare operates one of the world's largest and most interconnected networks, spanning 335+ cities across every region of the globe. We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join our Edge Network & Backbone team — someone who brings deep operational experience, an…
What you'll do
Own the technical operation, engineering, and architecture of Cloudflare's: global network, including planning, installation, and day-to-day management of hardware and software across the edge and backbone.
Serve as a hands-on operational anchor for the team: diagnosing and resolving complex network faults, owning incident response end-to-end including on-call rotation, and contributing to post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement.
Build production AI agents for network operations. Design, ship, and own: LLM-powered tools that integrate with our operational systems of record via tool calling. Ship them with evals, observability of agent decisions, cost tracking, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints where autonomous action carries blast radius.
Apply AI to accelerate troubleshooting. Use and extend our internal AI: platform (Workers AI, AI Gateway) to speed up root cause analysis, pattern recognition across faults, and operational decision-making under pressure.
Architect network improvements that lower latency, reduce packet loss, and: increase scale — optimising end user experience across Cloudflare's global infrastructure.
Mentor and develop junior engineers on the team, setting technical standards,: conducting structured troubleshooting sessions, and building a culture of operational excellence and continuous learning.
What they're looking for
- Collaborate with internal teams on cross-functional network projects,: contributing to design documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base articles that outlast any individual contributor.