Senior Engineering Manager — Network Connectivity

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as an Engineering Manager for a team of Software and Systems Engineers.
• Demonstrate a track record of managing a team including hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
• Excel at planning and overseeing execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability.
• Experience/interest in Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking.
• Experience/interest in network performance monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging distributed systems.
• Experience participating in and/or managing an on-call rotation for production services with direct customer impact.
• Willingness to adopt and integrate AI tools and systems into your workflow.
• Clarity in written and verbal communication.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working closely with Product Managers and other Engineering leaders to communicate the vision, prioritize the team's roadmap, and achieve cross-functional objectives.
• Understanding the technical implications of work across a distributed software network infrastructure to influence scope, work across teams, and help unblock projects.
• Applying technical experience to evaluate tradeoffs, contribute to design decisions, and help drive resolution to customer-facing issues.
• Taking responsibility for the team's production services by organizing on-call rotations, handling customer escalations, and overseeing incident response and follow-up.
• Driving reliability and automation improvements across the platform.
• Using tools and processes to convey project status and resolve blockages.

Nice to Haves

• Experience/interest in Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking.
• Experience/interest in network performance monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging distributed systems.

Perks and Benefits

• For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary of €89,000-122,000.
• This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.