Senior Engineering Director (Security Products)

Cloudflare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock ownership and total rewards

Flexible vacation

Paid maternity & paternity leave

Healthcare and life insurance

Commuter program

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Engineering Director to lead the Security Products Engineering group, focusing on cybersecurity product strategy, technical guidance, and building strong engineering teams. The role reports to the VP of Engineering for Security Products and involves global collaboration to drive results.

The ideal candidate will bring deep technical background, proven leadership experience, and a passion for developing people and cultivating an engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Experience hiring great engineers.
• Experience managing engineering managers.
• Great communication skills.
• Ability to set technical direction and own decisions.
• A strong attention to detail.
• Experience managing complex projects with external dependencies.
• Results and metrics driven.
• A kind and generous attitude towards customers and coworkers alike.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of engineers delivering customer facing products.
• Partner with Product Management to define and execute a strategy and achieve audacious goals.
• Lead and mentor engineering managers and engineers across the organization.
• Work with peers around the world to drive cross organizational projects and develop best practices.
• Foster a culture that is results oriented without sacrificing curiosity, kindness, and empathy for customers and co-workers alike.
• Define metrics that guide the engineering teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in your teams.

Skills

Experience hiring great engineers

Experience managing engineering-man…?

Job description

• We are seeking a Senior Engineering Director to lead a team of engineers within our Security Products Engineering group. This role will have a strong focus on delivering effective and reliable cybersecurity products and systems. This includes strategy, leadership, technical guidance and building engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical background, proven leadership experience, and a passion for developing people and cultivating a strong engineering culture
• This role reports to the VP of Engineering for Security Products and is expected to work with peers to drive results and improvement in alignment with the group’s strategy
• Lead multiple teams of engineers delivering customer facing products
• Partner with Product Management to define and execute a strategy and achieve audacious goals
• Lead and mentor engineering managers and engineers across the organization
• Work with peers around the world to drive cross organizational projects and develop best practices
• Foster a culture that is results oriented without sacrificing curiosity, kindness, and empathy for customers and co-workers alike
• Define metrics that guide the engineering teams
• Drive continuous improvement in your teams

Benefits

• Competitive pay: We offer a competitive total rewards package, where every employee is an owner of our stock.
• Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
• Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
• Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
• Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members' commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
• Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.

• Experience managing complex projects with external dependencies
• Results and metrics driven
• Great communication skills
• Ability to set technical direction and own decisions
• A strong attention to detail
• Experience hiring great engineers
• Experience managing engineering managers
• A kind and generous attitude towards customers and coworkers alike