The Senior Software Engineer will develop cross-platform mobile and desktop applications for Cloudflare that ensure high performance in networking and security. They will lead design and implementation projects, focusing on iOS programming and multi-platform code bases while improving overall code quality and documentation.
Available Locations: Austin TX, Denver CO
About the role
We're looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer to join our Cloudflare One Client team. You will be working on the cross-platform app of our Cloudflare One Client desktop and mobile apps that protect devices by securely and privately sending traffic from those devices to Cloudflare's global network. These are high-performance networking apps which can apply advanced filtering and Cloudflare One policies. These apps protect both our enterprise customers and tens of millions of users at no cost around the world.
What you'll do
In your role, you will use cross-platform frameworks along with platform-native languages & APIs to implement user-friendly apps that run on desktop and mobile platforms. You will also use Rust libraries alongside platform-native languages and APIs to implement high-performance networking code for both our mobile and desktop apps.
You will be most successful in this role if you have a good understanding of iOS user-interface (Swift) programming, the intricacies of different platforms (mobile and desktop), experience working on multi-platform code, and a decent understanding of networking concepts & protocols (VPNs, TCP/IP, etc.). You will have to interact with other languages, such as Flutter, Java, Kotlin, C#, Rust, C++, and C. You'll be expected to improve the code quality and to build solid, testable, and well-documented foundations.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be expected to lead the design and implementation of major development projects, working closely with our product managers, designers and other teams to implement customer-impacting features. You will work on stimulating problems born out of the scale of our deployment, and the stringent quality, performance, and security requirements of our product.
Required skills
Bonus nice-to-have skills
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
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 States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
Financial Benefits
Time Off
About the role
We're looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer to join our Cloudflare One Client team. You will be working on the cross-platform app of our Cloudflare One Client desktop and mobile apps that protect devices by securely and privately sending traffic from those devices to Cloudflare's global network. These are high-performance networking apps which can apply advanced filtering and Cloudflare One policies. These apps protect both our enterprise customers and tens of millions of users at no cost around the world.
What you'll do
In your role, you will use cross-platform frameworks along with platform-native languages & APIs to implement user-friendly apps that run on desktop and mobile platforms. You will also use Rust libraries alongside platform-native languages and APIs to implement high-performance networking code for both our mobile and desktop apps.
You will be most successful in this role if you have a good understanding of iOS user-interface (Swift) programming, the intricacies of different platforms (mobile and desktop), experience working on multi-platform code, and a decent understanding of networking concepts & protocols (VPNs, TCP/IP, etc.). You will have to interact with other languages, such as Flutter, Java, Kotlin, C#, Rust, C++, and C. You'll be expected to improve the code quality and to build solid, testable, and well-documented foundations.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be expected to lead the design and implementation of major development projects, working closely with our product managers, designers and other teams to implement customer-impacting features. You will work on stimulating problems born out of the scale of our deployment, and the stringent quality, performance, and security requirements of our product.
Required skills
- Experience with iOS and/or macOS programming (Swift)
- Good familiarity and understanding of user-interface and core OS concepts of one or more platform (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux)
- Excellent programming skills, with experience writing very high-quality and low-complexity code with thorough documentation.
- Strong experience with debugging, both at the application level and network-related problems
Bonus nice-to-have skills
- Experience with cross-platform programming (Flutter)
- Great experience successfully using additional different typed programming languages, such as Kotlin, Java, C#
- Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing.
- An understanding of security concepts, such as VPNs, PKI, etc.
- Experience with lower-level languages, such as Rust, C, C++. We use Rust extensively, and while experience with the language isn't required a willingness to learn it is.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code completion, codebase analysis, log/data exploration) in a professional setting.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $206,000
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 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
- On-demand 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
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