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Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Edge Mesh — Cloudflare
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Cloud & DevOps · Verified Opening #31

Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Edge Mesh

business Cloudflare location_on Austin, TX (Remote) home_work Remote Full Time

Compensation

$160K – 220K/yr

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Published Date

3 weeks ago

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Work Arrangement

Remote • Austin, TX

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Open Positions

3 openings

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Experience Level

Senior

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About the opportunity

Deploy bare-metal Kubernetes and service mesh fabrics handling millions of HTTP requests per second across 300+ cities.

Cloudflare’s Platform Infrastructure group is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer. You will maintain and enhance the compute fabric running on thousands of bare-metal servers across the globe, ensuring container isolation, automated kernel upgrades, and seamless service mesh routing.
task Core Responsibilities

What you will do

  • check_circle Manage bare-metal Kubernetes clusters running at scale without cloud provider abstractions.
  • check_circle Develop custom Kubernetes operators in Go to automate platform lifecycle tasks.
  • check_circle Implement high-throughput service mesh routing and mutual TLS (mTLS) with Cilium and Envoy.
  • check_circle Optimize Linux network stack parameters and eBPF programs for extreme packet throughput.
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What we are looking for

  • arrow_circle_right 4+ years building and operating Kubernetes platforms in production.
  • arrow_circle_right Deep expertise in Go, Linux networking, CNI plugins (Cilium/Calico), and Prometheus observability.
  • arrow_circle_right Experience with bare-metal provisioning and GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
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Skills & Tech Stack

Kubernetes Go eBPF Cilium Linux ArgoCD
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