Hybrid•Posted: Jul 1•Deadline: Aug 16
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.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in
the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized"
problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI
to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the
team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving
tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
Available Locations: Washington DC, Austin, NYC, San Francisco
ABOUT THE DEPT
Cloudflare’s engineers build and operate the software that helps power 25+ million Internet properties and millions of businesses
around the world. Across our engineering organizations, we have opportunities for high caliber, curious and empathetic people to
take on big challenges and build some of the best skills in the industry. We’re looking for talented team members to help build
high-growth products, help scale our expanding network, build tools to improve availability, performance, uptime, and response
times, and make systems failure-resistant and ready-to-scale.
Cloudflare is a fast growing company and engineering is an ever-evolving function with teams being formed and redefined often. You
will interview for an engineering role in the Intent Management organization which is part of the overall Foundational Engineering
team at Cloudflare, which builds and operates many of the fundamental systems powering Cloudflare’s products.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Too many of Cloudflare's most impactful incidents have had unsafe change as a root cause. The Intent Management exists to make
safe change the easy button and this is the most senior IC role in that organization, reporting directly to the Senior Director.
You will own the technical coherence of a platform that spans globally distributed key-value storage, progressive release and
configuration delivery, and the testing and health-mediation systems that prove change is safe. You'll work at the seams that
matter most by translating what Cloudflare's Edge and control-plane platforms need into the primitives our teams build. You'll
move fluidly between writing production code, designing new systems, and reviewing the proposals of other senior engineers. You’ll
also help us work out how best to integrate LLMs into our processes and systems.
You will be working alongside engineers who have presented at DevOps Days, Config Management Camp 2024 & 2025, Monitorama, OSMC,
KubeCon and PromCon. Together you will deliver on the key Health Mediated Deployment projects that are being tracked through
senior leadership of Cloudflare up to the founders.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
* 10+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated history of leading complex, organization-wide technical
initiatives that delivered measurable improvements to system performance, reliability, security, developer productivity, or
engineering culture.
* Strong track record of technical leadership and influence without direct authority, including driving consensus on technical
decisions across multiple teams, mentoring senior engineers, and establishing architectural patterns that are widely adopted
across an organization.
* Experience designing, building and managing high volume, global scale software applications.
* Expert in at least one modern strongly-typed programming language
* Knowledge of API design standards, patterns and best practices
* Experience working with top tier LLMs to plan, write, test, and deploy software
Bonus Points
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action
* Experience with scaling and simplifying high scale Configuration Management systems
* Familiarity with Google’s Prodspec and Annealing systems
* Experience with Kubernetes
* Experience with RocksDB or similar data stores
* Experience with health checking and probe platforms at significant scale
* Public evidence of technical leadership such as conference talks on distributed systems or security, widely-read technical blog
posts, significant open source contributions, or published architectural patterns that have been adopted by the broader
engineering community.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
* For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $230,000 - $288,000
* For Washington and New York City based hired: Estimated annual salary of $220,000 - $275,000
* For Austin based hired: Estimated annual salary of $200,000 - $250,000
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
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
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!
Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview
within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview
process.
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.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a
reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the
application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized
equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via
mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Hybrid•Posted: Jul 7•Deadline: Aug 16
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.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in
the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized"
problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI
to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the
team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving
tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
AVAILABLE LOCATIONS
* Austin, US
* New York, US
* San Francisco, US
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Lead and Mentor: Manage a high-performing team of kernel and systems engineers, fostering a culture of "collaboration-first"
and continuous knowledge sharing both internally and with the global open-source community.
* Own the OS Lifecycle: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of the Linux Kernel and core OS components. Your goal is a fully
automated continuous delivery pipeline that moves from merge to 100% production in less than 30 days.
* Drive Technical Vision: Steer the Cloudflare kernel development roadmap. You will balance the need for cutting-edge features
with the absolute requirements of production stability, security, and performance.
* Upstream Advocacy: Promote a "minimal patch" philosophy by ensuring your team is a top contributor to the Linux Kernel. You
will support engineers in becoming upstream maintainers for critical subsystems.
* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a consultant to hardware and service teams, helping them onboard new hardware and
optimize workloads for our OS. You’ll lead a "virtual team" environment where any engineer at Cloudflare can contribute to the
kernel.
* Innovate Debugging: Tackle the "impossible" challenges of kernel-level debugging. You will lead the development of automated
systems that collect critical telemetry when a system crashes, even when traditional debuggers cannot run.
* Measure Success: Use DORA metrics and team-specific capabilities - such as the "time to fix a kernel issue" and upstream commit
volume - to track and improve team impact.
DESIRABLE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE
* Systems Leadership: 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, ideally in low-level systems, kernel development, or
large-scale infrastructure environments.
* Low-Level Expertise: A deep understanding of Linux Kernel internals, x86/ARM architecture, and OS design fundamentals. You
should be comfortable discussing memory management, schedulers, and network stacks.
* Automation Mindset: Experience building or managing CI/CD pipelines for foundational software. You believe that "toil" is a bug
and automation is the feature.
* Open Source Pedigree: A proven track record of engaging with the open-source community. You understand the nuances of
upstreaming and how to navigate community dynamics effectively.
* Operational Empathy: An understanding of the unique challenges of a global "reboot-limited" production environment. You
prioritize stability and have experience with pre-production QA and synthetic workload evaluation.
* Strategic Communication: The ability to translate complex kernel-level obstacles into actionable business insights for
stakeholders across the company.
* Resilience: You aren't intimidated by the "impossible." Whether it's a non-reproducible race condition or an unwelcoming
upstream thread, you lead your team through the challenge with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
COMPENSATION
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
* For New York City and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $170,000 - $275,000.
* For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $190,000 - $303,000
EQUITY
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
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!
Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview
within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview
process.
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.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a
reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the
application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized
equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via
mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Hybrid•Posted: Jul 7•Deadline: Aug 16
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.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in
the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized"
problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI
to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the
team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving
tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
AVAILABLE LOCATIONS
* Atlanta, US
* Austin, US
* Denver, US
* Seattle, US
* Washington DC, US
ABOUT THE ROLE
Atlanta (US), Austin (US), Denver (US), Seattle (US), Toronto (Canada)
We are seeking a DCIM Program Leader to build, scale, and own our Data Center Infrastructure Management program. This leadership
role is part of the Infrastructure Operations organization, which is responsible for building, scaling, and running one of the
world's largest and most important cloud networks. Cloudflare’s global network spans more than 330 cities, and is a key strategic
asset that supports all of our customers and products. As a leader on this team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the
performance, availability, and security of our infrastructure.
The DCIM Program Leader role is the single point of ownership for the Nlyte platform across Cloudflare's global network of 330+
cities. You will architect our Workflow and Change Management policy, own the strategic vision, and help drive the deep
integration necessary to establish Nlyte as the mandatory Single Source of Truth (SSOT), enabling the disciplined, high-velocity
scale of our edge and core network.
We operate in a fast-paced environment where you will be expected to drive both project delivery and operational excellence
through continuous improvement, standardization, and optimization. This isn't just about day to day operations; it's about
building a scalable, performant, secure, and resilient infrastructure that plays a critical role in us building a better Internet.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Own the successful deployment of CAPEX investments, ensuring our infrastructure scales ahead of demand.
* Collaborate strategically with cross-functional partners including Project Managers, Capacity Planning, Finance, and Security
to deliver on ambitious group initiatives.
* Manage key third-party vendors and contractors, holding them accountable for performance and service level agreements (SLAs).
* Drive a culture of continuous improvement by championing standardization, optimization, and automation.
* Own incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and executive-level communication during critical events.
* Foster a best-in-class operations team by bringing fresh perspectives, leadership acumen, and a focus on employee engagement.
* Change Policy Architect: Design and enforce the global DCIM Workflow and Change Management policies (MAC process), ensuring
strict ITIL/ITSM compliance across IT, Facilities, and Deployment teams worldwide.
* Technical Integration Leader: Support the complex, bi-directional API/database integration between Nlyte and core enterprise
systems (ERP, CMDB, etc) to automate asset management and trigger workflow requests.
* Capacity Strategy: Partner with the DCIM Analyst and our Capacity Planning team to develop forward-looking capacity models,
ensuring resource availability and optimization for new services like Workers AI and R2.
* Governance & Leadership: Establish and track key operational metrics (e.g., Workflow Compliance KPIs, Data Accuracy Rate),
providing executive reporting on infrastructure risk.
* Lead and mentor the DCI Administrator and Analyst and members across the Infrastructure Engineering organization.
DESIRABLE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE
* You are an experienced engineering leader and DCIM expert, with a passion for building high-performing teams and a track record
of driving operational excellence. You will set strategy, establish priorities, and mentor a group of top technical talent.
This role is for a hands-on leader who can rapidly learn, adapt, and apply learnings to enable fast and sustainable growth. You
thrive in a hyper-growth environment and have an outstanding ability to get things done under pressure while leading with
optimism and grit.
* You have a proven track record of scaling teams, driving change, and being a well-respected technical leader and people
manager. You are not just a manager, but a mentor who can grow and empower your team to ensure an energized, motivating, and
inclusive work environment.
* You are Principled; you are the guardian of data integrity, refusing to allow undocumented changes. You are Curious; you seek
novel ways to automate workflow integration with proprietary Cloudflare systems to achieve zero-touch provisioning.
* Education:
* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent
practical experience.
* Experience:
* 7+ years in Infrastructure/Data Center Operations, including inventory control and asset lifecycle.
* 4+ years managing a major DCIM platform (Nlyte preferred).
* Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs and manage vendor relationships in a high-velocity environment.
* Experience with leading change management in ERP and asset management transformation efforts.
* Technical Skills:
* Expert with ERP asset management and maintenance management functionalities.
* Expert-level knowledge of ITIL v4, particularly Change and Configuration Management, with demonstrable experience enforcing
standards at a global scale.
* Strong understanding of Data Center infrastructure, including data center hardware (servers, storage, networking equipment)
and their configurations.
* Ability to analyze complex data and generate detailed reports.
* Soft Skills:
* Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
* Excellent problem-solving and root cause analysis capabilities.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and
present recommendations to various stakeholders.
* Customer service-oriented with a proactive and collaborative team approach.
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!
Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview
within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview
process.
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.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a
reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the
application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized
equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via
mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
