Engineering Manager, Cloudflare Network Interconnect

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity participation

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Engineering Manager for the CNI team to hire, mentor, and grow a distributed group of Software Engineers. You will work with Product Managers and engineering leaders to set the vision and drive the roadmap for interconnect provisioning and network services.

You will lead efforts to improve reliability and automation, oversee on-call rotations, and collaborate across Network Operations and partner teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as an Engineering Manager for a team of Software and Systems Engineers.
• Proven track record of hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
• Experience planning and executing with predictable delivery.
• Technical background in IP networking: BGP, Layer 3 routing, interconnect technologies.
• Experience building or operating provisioning/automation systems for network infrastructure.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor, and coach a distributed team of software engineers.
• Communicate vision, prioritize roadmap, and align with product leadership.
• Ensure reliability and automation improvements across provisioning pipelines.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams on capacity planning and integrations.
• Manage on-call rotations and incident response for production services.

Skills

Engineering leadership

IP networking

Team mentorship

Software engineering

Tools

Go

Python

Rust

C/C++

Job description

About Us

At the company, 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. the company protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by the company 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. the company was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At the company, 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, TX

About the Role

The CNI team builds and operates the systems that let the company's enterprise customers connect their networks directly to the company through private, dedicated interconnects — rather than traversing the public Internet. The product, the company Network Interconnect (CNI), supports various interconnect types across hundreds of locations worldwide.These systems underpin Magic Transit, the company WAN, Zero Trust, and application security for some of the company's largest customers.

What you'll do

As an Engineering Manager on the CNI 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.You will work closely with Product Managers and other Engineering leaders to communicate the vision, prioritize the team's roadmap, and achieve cross-functional objectives.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.

Responsibilities

• Using tools and processes to convey project status and resolve blockages.


• Understanding the technical implications of work across BGP, physical and virtual interconnect provisioning, and distributed control-plane services in order to influence scope, work across teams, and help unblock projects.


• 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 for the provisioning pipeline that turns a customer order into a live, monitored BGP session.


• Coordinating with Network Operations, Sales Engineering, and Partner teams on interconnect capacity planning, partner onboarding, and cloud provider integrations.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• 3+ 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.


• Technical background in IP networking: BGP, Layer 3 routing, physical and virtual interconnect technologies (cross-connects, VLANs, partner fabric integrations).


• Experience building or operating provisioning/automation systems for network infrastructure.


• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging distributed systems — ideally services that bridge software and physical network operations.


• 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.

Bonus Points

• Hands-on experience with BGP configuration, route policy, and peering operations.


• Familiarity with network inventory and IPAM systems (e.g., NetBox).


• Experience with cloud provider networking (AWS Direct Connect, GCP Partner Interconnect, Azure ExpressRoute).


• Knowledge of GRE, VXLAN, or other overlay/tunnel technologies.


• Systems-level programming experience in Go, Python, Rust, C, or C++.


• Experience with Kubernetes-based service deployments and CI/CD pipelines.


• Comfort with customer-facing technical communication (escalation handling, partner engagements).


• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., code completion, codebase analysis, log/data exploration) in a professional setting.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in the company's equity plan.

Benefits

the company 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 the company 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 the company's enterprise customers--at no cost.