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Life at Cloudflare

Diversity, equity & inclusion are essential to our success.

Cloudflare’s mission to help build a better Internet depends on a thriving, collaborative culture where we respect each other's work, listen to new ideas, and encourage each other's professional development and growth.

Cloudflare was built with that in mind, tracing back to its founders: Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, and Lee Holloway. Since founding Cloudflare they set out to cultivate and maintain an inclusive workplace which empowers all employees to show up, as their full selves, and do their best work.

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A strong distributed workforce

"...[teams are] working closer than before the pandemic. Previously, each office was somewhat in its own communication bubble, now it has turned into a collective conversation. This is great for getting to know colleagues during and beyond work hours."

Justina Wong
Technical Support Manager

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Building diverse teams

“At Cloudflare, we are serious about building a diverse workforce where everyone can be themselves, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, or cultural background.”

Lee Sam
Recruiting Manager

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Helping underserved communities

"...we need more local content in developing regions, we need more support for local communities, and we need to better enable developing regions."

Roderick Fanou
Systems Engineer

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Just write code

“Developers should be able to just focus on the code. Someone else should deal with everything else from setting up infrastructure through making that infrastructure fast and scalable.”

Rita Kozlov
Director, Product Management

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Help build a better Internet

“Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. As a proactive action, our cryptography team is preparing experiments on the deployment of post-quantum algorithms at Cloudflare scale.”

Armando Faz-Hernández
Research Engineer

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Cultivating Community

At Cloudflare, like most workplaces, there are built-in communities: your direct team, your cross-functional partners and (because we take onboarding very seriously) your new hire class.

These communities, especially the first two, are important to help you get your job done. But we want more than that for our team at Cloudflare. We believe that community builds connection and fosters a sense of belonging and so we have supported the growth of Employee Resource Groups.

Afroflare

Afroflare is committed to helping build a better global Afro-community at Cloudflare and beyond.

Asianflare

Asianflare celebrates diverse global Asian heritage and provides resources and programming aimed at spreading awareness of Asian cultures both within and beyond our Cloudflare community.

Cloudflarents

Cloudflarents provides a community and resources for parents and families, and welcomes those who are non-parents, interested in becoming a parent, or are family-oriented.

Desiflare

Desiflare fosters networking and builds a sense of community among Cloudflare employees using the rich South Asian culture as a platform to bring people together.

Flarability

Flarability provides a space for discussing disability and accessibility at Cloudflare. We are a collaborative and diverse community of individuals partnering to innovate and advocate for equity and inclusivity within the workplace.

Greencloud

Greencloud is a sustainability-focused working group made up of Cloudflare employees who are passionate about the environment. Our mission is to help Cloudflare directly contribute to addressing the climate crisis and creating a more sustainable future.

Judeoflare

Judeoflare provides a safe space for Cloudflare’s Jewish community and their allies. Judeoflare aims to teach about the Jewish traditions, and also to teach about Antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Latinflare

Latinflare helps create a more diverse workplace, create a sense of community and belonging for Latinx employees, and connect with the communities where we work.

Mindflare

Mindflare provides the Cloudflare community resources around mental health, as well as increase awareness and de-stigmatize mental health more broadly throughout our communities.

Nativeflare

Nativeflare celebrates, educates and illuminates current and contemporary issues in Indian Country, while also celebrating Natives in the tech world, who are severely underrepresented.

Persianflare

Persianflare diligently strives to nurture a community for all Persians and allies; where we perpetuate freedom of speech, proudly celebrate the rich Persian heritage, appending growth and the Persian convention.

Proudflare

Proudflare finds ways to support and provide resources for the LGBTQIA+ community and make sure that the Cloudflare community is a welcoming, inclusive place for all.

Soberflare

Soberflare provides education, resources and a safe, supportive space for for people who live a sober lifestyle.

Turkflare

Turkflare is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the cultural traditions, language and heritage of Turkish and Turkic people. We believe in the power of connection and community, and strive to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all.

Vetflare

Vetflare promotes our proud community of veterans who support and encourage each other through shared experiences, veteran recruitment, career development, professional growth and retention.

Womenflare

Womenflare cultivates an inclusive, inspiring, and safe environment that supports, elevates, and ensures equal opportunities for success to all who identify as women at Cloudflare. All gender identities are welcome.

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