Cloudflare operates a global cloud platform designed to make Internet properties faster, more secure, and more reliable. Its network spans more than 330 cities across 125 countries, and the company describes it as one of the largest networks in the world. Traffic is routed through an intelligent global infrastructure that handles millions of Internet properties without requiring customers to install hardware, deploy software, or modify their code.
The platform delivers a range of network services covering content delivery and web performance acceleration, DDoS mitigation and broader Internet security, anti-spam, global routing, and edge computing. These services are available to organisations of all sizes - from individual blogs to Fortune 500 companies - making Cloudflare's infrastructure relevant across a wide spectrum of use cases and industries.
Technical work at Cloudflare spans several disciplines, reflecting the breadth of problems the platform addresses:
- Cloud platform and network services engineering
- Internet security, including DDoS and attack mitigation
- Content delivery and web performance optimisation
- Global routing and traffic engineering
- Edge computing and distributed systems
- Global infrastructure operations
Cloudflare's stated mission is to help build a better Internet. The company's scale - millions of properties routed through a self-described intelligent network that improves with every request - positions it among the central pieces of global Internet infrastructure.