Senior Engineering Manager — Network Connectivity
Lead a distributed team of Software Engineers to enhance Cloudflare's egress connectivity products.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 10 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Hire, mentor, and coach a distributed team of Software Engineers
- Communicate the vision and prioritize the team's roadmap
- Evaluate tradeoffs and contribute to design decisions
- Organize on-call rotations and oversee incident response
- Drive reliability and automation improvements
Must have
- 5+ years experience as an Engineering Manager
- Experience managing a team including hiring and onboarding
- Experience in Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking
- Experience with monitoring and debugging distributed systems
Nice to have
- Experience in network performance monitoring and tuning
- Willingness to adopt AI tools
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
Willingness to adopt and integrate AI tools and systems into your workflow.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Engineering Manager on the Egress team at Cloudflare, the individual will oversee a distributed team of software engineers, focusing on the development and operation of network software infrastructure that supports various Cloudflare products. Key skills include experience in Layer 3 and Layer 4 networking, as well as a strong background in managing production services and incident response. This position is suited for someone with over five years of engineering management experience who thrives in a fast-paced environment and values curiosity and collaboration.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 11, 2026. Last confirmed on Cloudflare's careers page November 1, 2026.
- Starts above 10% of 683 comparable senior management roles we track (median $150,000 across 155 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Engineering Manager — Network Connectivity role remote?
- It's hybrid — Cloudflare expects some on-site time in Hybrid.
- What's the salary range?
- Cloudflare lists €89,000–€122,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Engineering Manager — Network Connectivity role.
- Where is the role based?
- Cloudflare is hiring for this position in Hybrid.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Layer 3, Layer 4, Network Performance Monitoring, distributed systems.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Cloudflare targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Engineering Manager — Network Connectivity role at Cloudflare.
From the original posting
About Us
Available Locations: Lisbon, Portugal or London, United Kingdom or Austin, Texas
About the role
The Egress team was formed to own a very important aspect of Cloudflare's Connectivity Cloud: egress connectivity for our vast portfolio of products. The team build and operate cutting edge network software infrastructure used by a growing number of Cloudflare products to connect to any destination from Cloudflare's network. Among the products powered by this technology is Dedicated Egress IP Connectivity, WARP, Cloudflare One/Zero Trust, and Cloudflare's egress proxy for the iCloud Private Relay product.
Responsibilities
As an Engineering Manager on the Egress team you will hire, mentor, and coach a distributed team of Software Engineers. You will play a key role in developing the team and shaping its culture and technical vision. This includes:
- 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: from data planes responsible for delivery of critical customer traffic to distributed control-plane services.
- Applying technical experience to evaluate tradeoffs, contribute to design decisions, and help drive resolution to customer-facing issues, while creating space for engineers to lead design, implementation, and delivery.
- 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.
You are a growth-oriented individual who enjoys being outside of your comfort zone. You are comfortable in a fast-paced but sensible work environment. You value curiosity and empathy and lead with these values.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:
- 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. You inspire your team to reach higher. You're as good at explaining "why" as you are "how".
- 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.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Portugal based hires: Estimated annual salary of €89,000-122,000.
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
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