Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Discovery

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor and become a subject matter expert on our Agentic Discovery team. In this role, you will define the architecture, core protocols, and multi-team standards powering the next generation of agent-web interactions.

Responsibilities

Architect and ship high-throughput, resilient production services that make web properties Readable, Discoverable, and Callable for autonomous agents; Define emerging agent protocols and integrations (MCP, MCP Apps, UCP, MPP, WebMCP) and author architectural specifications and technical designs; Partner directly with Product Management, customers and stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical requirements, clarify KPIs, and shape engineering roadmaps; Drive improvements in system health and observability, lead complex incident responses, conduct post-incident retrospectives, and rearchitect systems to eliminate failure modes; Elevate the engineering process through code reviews, technical mentorship, architectural governance, and candidate evaluation for engineering hiring

Requirements

Experience designing scalable system architecture and setting performance metrics in a distributed environment; Experience writing technical specifications and leading cross-functional technical initiatives to completion; Deep understanding of HTTP, APIs, proxies, caching, web security, and performance bottlenecks spanning multi-service architectures; Hands-on experience and deep conceptual understanding of AI agents, tool calling, Model Context Protocol (MCP), or agent harnesses; Ability to partner with product managers and customers to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and iteratively deliver large-scale architecture; Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, contributing to hiring, and driving improvements to engineering processes and incident response workflows

Nice to have

Fluency in async Rust or TypeScript/JavaScript edge runtimes (e.g., Cloudflare Workers) at scale; Active contributions to or leadership in open-source agent frameworks, protocols (e.g., MCP), web standards bodies, browser engines, or network proxies; Track record of resolving complex, multi-team production incidents and driving post-mortem recommendations to completion; Background in search engines, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), web crawling at scale, or RAG platform engineering; Expertise in cryptographic protocols (public-key encryption, digital signatures) or privacy-preserving web architectures

Benefits

Eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan