Senior Engineer Manager - Zero Trust Client Platform

Cloudflare•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

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! Available Locations: Austin What you'll do We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Zero Trust Client Platform team. You will oversee the core platform for our desktop and mobile clients (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android), which protects corporate devices by securely routing traffic to Cloudflare’s global network for advanced filtering and policy enforcement. You will play a key role in shaping the team’s engineering strategy, working with other engineering teams, product management, and external stakeholders to implement customer-impacting features and meet the team’s ambitious goals of quality , reliability , and high-availability . You will work closely with your team to maintain the code quality and to build solid, testable, and well-documented code. As a manager in our team, you will be expected to lead , inspire , and foster a culture of diversity . You will communicate clearly and with empathy , and work towards building a cohesive and collaborative team. You will be expected to interact with our customers and internal stakeholders, to identify gaps and areas of improvements in our product and processes alike, and to work with your own stakeholders to transform those into innovative , actionable , and achievable solutions . The team predominantly uses Rust to implement high-performance networking code that runs on multiple platforms. You will be most successful in this role if you have a strong understanding of networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, QUIC, H/3, proxying, etc.) and experience building and maintaining SDKs on Windows, macOS and Linux platforms.

Requirements

5+ years of experience leading a team of geographically distributed engineers, including hiring, coaching, and professional development
Experience shipping multi-platform client applications and SDKs, desktop and mobile alike
Good understanding of VPN, SASE technologies and networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, QUIC, H/3, proxying, etc.)
Excellent technical leadership skills, driving for very high-quality and low-complexity code with thorough documentation
A passion for navigating the challenges of a fast-paced, high-growth engineering culture
Empathetic, proactive, and constructive verbal and written communication skills
A good understanding of how the big-picture goals inform technical details
A drive for implementing tools, documentations, processes, instrumentation, and metrics to enhance the team’s velocity and performance
A knack for finding inspiring and innovative solutions to problems and blocker

Responsibilities

Oversee the core platform for our desktop and mobile clients (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android), which protects corporate devices by securely routing traffic to Cloudflare’s global network for advanced filtering and policy enforcement.
Play a key role in shaping the team’s engineering strategy, working with other engineering teams, product management, and external stakeholders to implement customer-impacting features and meet the team’s ambitious goals of quality , reliability , and high-availability
Work closely with your team to maintain the code quality and to build solid, testable, and well-documented code.
Lead , inspire , and foster a culture of diversity
Communicate clearly and with empathy , and work towards building a cohesive and collaborative team.
Interact with our customers and internal stakeholders, to identify gaps and areas of improvements in our product and processes alike, and to work with your own stakeholders to transform those into innovative , actionable , and achievable solutions

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.
Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!
The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
Medical/Rx Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Commuter Spending Accounts
Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
Global Travel Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave