About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s 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 Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations: Austin, Texas | Lisbon, Portugal

About The Department

Cloudflare’s Infrastructure group is responsible for building our global network. Our Hardware Engineering team helps research, develop, test, and deploy new equipment enabling 20% of the world’s internet traffic to be served smoothly. Deployd across 330 cities in 120+ countries, the hardware we select helps improve the security, reliability, and performance of the Internet.

About the Role

Cloudflare’s Hardware Team is hiring a Systems Engineer, with a firmware focus, in the U.S. to help deliver the Hardware team’s security goals and projects in 2027 & beyond.

What You'll Do

Maintain and improve OpenBMC firmware Design and develop features based on various industry standards such as OCP and DMTF Standards
Be able to engage with vendors & guide them through our requirements
Design solutions for observability and configurations appropriate for various server subsystems e.g. DIMMs, NICs etc.
Be able to partner with teams internally to understand HW security reqs and build a set of features / roadmap for Cloudflare
Able to contribute in building/improving the HW provisioning in HW Lab, especially the steps related to BIOS, FW, settings, and HW tools.
Developing and reviewing requirements/code/tests/design documents
Own some of their team’s Future FW or HW security tasks / goals and are responsible for delivering these goals on time with a high standard of quality
Build simple, well-defined plans that are easily adapted without accruing additional complexity over time
Expected to engage internally as domain experts in server hardware; collaborate with other teams on defining new server requirements, explain new technologies thru Wiki’s and spec sheets, and be the liaison between vendor & internal customers

Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience

Experience developing firmware and/or embedded SW
Knowledgeable about servers, enterprise systems and hardware interfaces
A good understanding of hardware security for servers
Familiarity with Redfish standards
Curious and very eager to learn
Great communication, collaboration and detail oriented
Can build firmwares from open source codes, build demos & POCs, setup systems & run synthetic tests, and debug complex firmware problems as needed
Can create python/bash scripts and edit firmware/driver source code

Bonus Points

Experience with Yocto or Buildroot is desirable
Experience with UEFI development desirable

Hardware Systems Engineer, Hardware Tools / Firmware