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Meet Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a global connectivity cloud and cybersecurity company that provides security, networking, application performance and developer infrastructure through a distributed global network. Its products include DDoS protection, web application firewalls, Zero Trust and SASE services, DNS, content delivery, network connectivity, Cloudflare Workers, storage, databases, AI infrastructure and developer tooling. Cloudflare serves businesses, developers, governments, nonprofits and large enterprises that need to secure applications, users and networks while improving performance and reliability. Its network spans more than 340 cities in over 130 countries, and more than 10 million developers were building on its platform by October 2026.View more

Cloudflare is a global connectivity cloud and cybersecurity company that provides security, networking, application performance and developer infrastructure through a distributed global network. Its products include DDoS protection, web application firewalls, Zero Trust and SASE services, DNS, content delivery, network connectivity, Cloudflare Workers, storage, databases, AI infrastructure and developer tooling. Cloudflare serves businesses, developers, governments, nonprofits and large enterprises that need to secure applications, users and networks while improving performance and reliability. Its network spans more than 340 cities in over 130 countries, and more than 10 million developers were building on its platform by October 2026.

Founded
2009
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA

Why work here

Cloudflare offers candidates the opportunity to work on Internet-scale cybersecurity, networking, distributed systems and AI infrastructure. Its network spans more than 340 cities in over 130 countries, and more than 10 million developers were building on its platform by October 2026. Current engineering hiring covers areas including AI agents, distributed databases, DNS, network systems and hardware, while Cloudflare's public repositories use technologies such as Go, Rust, C++, TypeScript and V8. The company offers employee stock ownership, flexible work arrangements and broad benefits. Candidates should also consider that Cloudflare announced an approximately 1,100-person workforce reduction in May 2026 as part of an AI-first operating-model restructuring.Read more

Cloudflare offers candidates the opportunity to work on Internet-scale cybersecurity, networking, distributed systems and AI infrastructure. Its network spans more than 340 cities in over 130 countries, and more than 10 million developers were building on its platform by October 2026. Current engineering hiring covers areas including AI agents, distributed databases, DNS, network systems and hardware, while Cloudflare's public repositories use technologies such as Go, Rust, C++, TypeScript and V8. The company offers employee stock ownership, flexible work arrangements and broad benefits. Candidates should also consider that Cloudflare announced an approximately 1,100-person workforce reduction in May 2026 as part of an AI-first operating-model restructuring.

Industry
Cybersecurity / Connectivity Cloud / Developer Platform
Open jobs
464 open jobs
Notable investors
New Enterprise Associates, Venrock, Pelion Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments

Tech stack

Go

Backend / Networking

Rust

Systems / Networking

C++

Runtime / Systems

TypeScript

Developer Platform

JavaScript

Developer Platform

NGINX

Networking / Web Infrastructure

Lua

Networking / Scripting

V8

Runtime

Apache Iceberg

Data Infrastructure

Key people

6 people
Matthew PrinceCo-founderView bio

Co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare and co-creator of Project Honey Pot, an early system for tracking online fraud and abuse. Prince earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from the University of Chicago and studied English Literature and Computer Science at Trinity College. He co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 to improve Internet security, performance and reliability.

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Michelle ZatlynCo-founderView bio

Co-founder and President of Cloudflare. Before Cloudflare, Zatlyn worked at Google and Toshiba and helped launch two startups. She holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Business from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she developed Cloudflare's original business plan with Matthew Prince.

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Lee HollowayCo-founderView bio

Co-founder and early lead engineer of Cloudflare. Holloway previously worked with Matthew Prince on Project Honey Pot and built the first working Cloudflare prototype while Prince and Michelle Zatlyn developed the business concept. His engineering work helped establish the company's original security and performance architecture.

Dane KnechtChief Technology OfficerView bio

Chief Technology Officer at Cloudflare. Knecht joined when the company had fewer than 30 employees and has led products including Cloudflare Zero Trust, the Developer Platform and its AI inference and agents platform. Before Cloudflare, he founded an ecommerce SaaS company and held product roles at MessageOne and Dell. He is a Columbia University graduate.

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Thomas SeifertChief Financial OfficerView bio

Cloudflare's CFO since 2017. Seifert previously served as CFO of Symantec, Brightstar and AMD, where he also served as interim CEO. His background spans cybersecurity, semiconductors, telecommunications and financial leadership. He holds business, economics and mathematics qualifications from Friedrich-Alexander University and Wayne State University.

Grant BourzikasChief Security OfficerView bio

Chief Security Officer at Cloudflare since 2023, responsible for protecting the company, overseeing threat intelligence and acting as Customer Zero for security products. He previously held security leadership roles in organizations including HSBC and Silicon Valley Bank. He is a CISSP, CPA and holds a master's degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

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Latest company news

3 stories

More than 10 million developers are building on Cloudflare

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Cloudflare announced that more than 10 million developers were using its platform, up from 7.4 million in the prior quarter. It also reported that its global network had expanded to more than 340 cities in over 130 countries.

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Cloudflare expands its AI Workspace platform with enterprise integrations and deployment partners

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Cloudflare expanded the ecosystem around Cloudflare OS, its AI workspace, with integrations including Asana, Box, Canva, ClickHouse, GitHub, Gong and Notion, alongside deployment partners helping enterprises implement secure AI workflows.

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Cloudflare launches Basin data platform

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Cloudflare launched Basin, a serverless analytics data platform built on Apache Iceberg and Cloudflare R2 that enables developers to ingest, store, catalog and query large datasets without managing dedicated data infrastructure.

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Jobs at Cloudflare

464 open roles
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