Senior Manager of Performance Engineering, Cloudflare
+ Equity
Web performance and security platform
Be an early applicant
Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading Software Engineers
- Deep understanding of performance measurement and evaluation, including compute platform internals like CPU, memory, Operating System (Linux), and networking and their impact on performance
- Proven ability to plan, build, and oversee execution to meet commitments and deliver predictably
- A strong track record of managing high-performing teams, including successful hiring, onboarding, and professional development. You inspire your team to achieve more and are adept at explaining both the "why" and the "how."
- Experience implementing tools, processes, and internal instrumentation to resolve blockages
- Comfort managing distributed teams and projects across multiple locations and time zones, often with tight deadlines and short release cycles
- Exceptional clarity in both written and verbal communication
- Hands-on experience with Jira, Grafana, and Prometheus
Desirable
- Proficiency in systems programming languages such as C (kernel), Go, Rust, and scripting languages like Bash and Python, as well as experience with Salt/SaltStack
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering to lead our Performance Engineering (PERF) team. The PERF team is crucial for ensuring Cloudflare's production systems are fast, responsive, and scalable
- This includes system software, services, products, and solutions running on our infrastructure
- Ultimately, the team's primary goal is to deliver a best-in-class experience on Cloudflare's infrastructure for both internal products and external customers, directly supporting our business scaling to $5B
- Lead and grow a high-performing team by hiring, mentoring, and coaching highly capable Software Engineers
- Drive significant performance improvements at both the system and datacenter levels
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and execute projects effectively
- Ensure clear communication of status and impact through various tools, discussions, and meetings
- Leverage your technical expertise to scope projects, facilitate cross-team collaboration, and unblock initiatives
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with around 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
The cloud infrastructure market reached $53 billion in 2022. While the Big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) own 65% of the market, that still leaves billions of dollars left for companies such as Cloudflare. Its ambitious and successful work is likely to continue being a crucial feature of the web, but in 2023, placed it in the crosshairs of hackers looking to exploit its infrastructure. The beginning of 2024 saw Cloudflare vow to bolster its security and patch vulnerabilities.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Minimum 8 weeks of paid parental leave
- Equal opportunity employer
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Family planning and fertility program
- Gym discounts
- Commuter Benefits Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Lead Engineer)Lee started their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(President & COO)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare as CEO in March 2009.
Share this job
View 112 more jobs at Cloudflare