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Software Engineer - Security Platform


Company : Cloudflare


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-03-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds 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 Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. Available Locations Austin, Denver, Toronto, Atlanta, Washington DC, Seattle, New York About The Team The Security Platform team is an infrastructure/developer tools group tasked with building and operating powerful, resilient, and secure infrastructure and systems that enable other engineering teams to deliver products to our customers efficiently and securely. We are responsible for secrets management, internal certificate authorities/PKI, machine and workload identity, and more. We are not a policy, audit, or compliance team, but rather an infrastructure engineering/software development one. What Youll Do Youll build and operate secure and resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management, running across our network that spans more than 310 cities in over 120 countries. Our focus is strengthening and rearchitecting internal PKI and machine/workload identity. Youll run and support the systems we build, both in an operational sense and by helping other internal developers use them. Youll consult on the design and architecture of new systems and products to ensure they are built securely and use our services correctly. Required Skills Software development and distributed systems design expertise. Strong security background with a focus on implementation, not policy/compliance. Bonus Nicetohave Skills Track record of contributing to open source security or distributed systems projects. Cryptography background and ability to work with cryptosystems at the primitives level. Experience with HSMs, TPMs, or other platform TEEs (e.g. AMD SEV, Intel SGX, Apple Secure Enclave). Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or OpenBao, or similar. Linux/UNIX system administration proficiency. Familiarity with Go and/or Python + Salt specifically. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares 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 States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits Medical/Rx Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Commuter Spending Accounts Fertility & Family Forming Benefits Ondemand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits Short and Long Term Disability Insurance Life & Accident Insurance 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave What Makes Cloudflare Special? Were not just a highly ambitious, largescale technology company. Were a highly ambitious, largescale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo Since 2014, we''''ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost. Athenian Project In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we''''ve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1 We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to useit is the first consumerfocussed service Cloudflare has ever released. We dont store client IP addresses. Sound like something youd like to be a part of? Wed love to hear from you! This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Equal Opportunity Cloudflare is proud to be an equalopportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected basis. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. If you require a reasonable accommodation, contact us via email at [email protected] or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107. #J-18808-Ljbffr