Senior Engineering Manager, Storage & Databases

Full Time
6 hours ago
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. 

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! 

Locations: Austin, TX About the Department

Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ETI) at Cloudflare is where we build and launch bold new products. We leverage Cloudflare's unique global network and edge to deliver innovative tools and solutions, solving problems at a scale impossible for most organizations. Join us to work on the bleeding edge.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Manager, Engineering, you will lead, grow, and inspire one or more teams of high-performing engineers who are redefining what is possible for developers on Cloudflare's platform. You will be responsible for the execution and delivery of industry-leading products that form the core of Cloudflare's developer offerings. We don't just replicate existing solutions; we innovate by working backward from developer needs, and you will guide your teams to imagine and build these new solutions by leveraging our unique global network.

In this role, you will:
  • Lead, Mentor, and Grow Teams: Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and inclusivity while leading, mentoring, and developing talented engineers.
  • Recruit World-Class Talent: Build a diverse and high-performing organization by recruiting and developing top-tier engineering talent.
  • Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to set technical direction, architect innovative solutions, and ensure your teams deliver high-impact results.
  • Drive Product Execution: Oversee the execution and delivery of a critical product portfolio that includes R2, Durable Objects, Vectorize, Hyperdrive, Queues, and our evolving Data Platform.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Work across functions and teams to align on strategy, manage dependencies, and deliver on a shared vision for Cloudflare's comprehensive storage and database offerings.
What You Bring

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader passionate about building foundational infrastructure and empowering developers.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge, and experience:

  • Leadership Experience: A minimum of 8 years of relevant industry experience, including at least 4 years in an engineering management role leading software engineers.
  • Distributed Systems Expertise: Proven track record of leading teams that have shipped and operated complex, large-scale distributed systems, preferably in the storage, database, or cloud infrastructure space.
  • Team Development: Demonstrated ability to hire, coach, and develop senior engineers, and build high-performing, inclusive teams.
  • Execution Excellence: Exceptional project management and execution skills, with extensive experience planning, building, and overseeing delivery to meet commitments.
  • Technical Depth: Significant technical depth in distributed systems, sufficient to be a credible leader, guide architectural discussions, and effectively unblock your team.
  • Collaboration & Influence: Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively with Product Management, other engineering teams, and leadership.

Bonus Points:

  • Experience building and managing a large-scale data storage platform.
  • Experience managing globally distributed teams.
  • A passion for making the lives of developers easier and more productive.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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