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full-timeEngineering Manager, Edge SRE
Cloudflare · Hybrid
Cloudflare operates a massive global network designed to improve the performance, security, and reliability of internet applications. As an Engineering Manager for the Edge SRE team, you will lead a group of engineers responsible for maintaining the production reliability of the company's edge distribution network, which handles the majority of client traffic. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve mentoring team members, driving platform initiatives, and overseeing the development of internal tools that enable engineering teams to debug production issues, track performance indicators, and monitor system availability. You will act as a technical leader, coordinating cross-team projects and ensuring that incident remediation remains a priority. This role is well-suited for an experienced professional with a background in software engineering, reliability, or operations, who has demonstrated success in managing teams of five or more engineers. Candidates should possess deep expertise in distributed systems, Linux, infrastructure security, and internetworking, along with the ability to communicate complex technical strategies to both engineering staff and upper management.
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: London About the Department As part of the Cloudflare Infrastructure Engineering organization, our platform SREs are primarily responsible for production reliability. SREs are based in locations in Asia, Europe and the US enabling follow the sun coverage during daytime hours. SREs are supported by all engineering teams at Cloudflare who participate in on call schedules for their services. The SRE teams facilitate remediation and follow up of production issues and mature the tooling to enable all engineering teams to self-service on production. Incident follow up work across all engineering teams is prioritized above product innovation and the impact of production incidents influences the priority. SREs support two main environments: Edge SRE are focused on edge distribution where most client traffic is served. Core SRE are focused on the core services like control plane, data pipeline and other supporting supporting services Who you are You have 5+ years of software engineering, reliability, or operations experience in a customer-focused environment. You have 2+ years experience managing a team of 5 or more engineers on projects in the areas of: distributed systems, tooling, Linux, Internetworking, infrastructure security or infrastructure management You are comfortable collaborating and co-ordinating on cross-team projects and workflows You can provide a strong technical vision for systems and infrastructure teams You have experience building services and systems, have successfully taken projects from inception to production, and are comfortable diving in to provide leadership for major projects when needed You are capable of leading a discussion with upper management, and are able to tailor the level of technical detail to suit your audience What you'll do We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Edge SRE team in London. You will lead and develop a team of SREs that are responsible for Cloudflare edge production and building the tools for all teams to understand and interact with it. You will play a lead role in driving our Platform initiatives for edge services and will be tasked with leading engineers who build tools and best practices for engineering teams to debug in production, measure availability and performance indicators, track and report on thresholds. Key responsibilities Lead a team of engineers who are working to keep the Cloudflare edge reliable and scalable Mentor, grow, and empower your team by giving them the skills, confidence and motivation to make decisions Help the individuals on your team to build and execute personal development plans that align with Cloudflare’s goals and objectives Take an active role in prioritizing the roadmap for the SRE Org Drive cross-team and cross-org alignment in engineering, infrastructure and product teams Partner with other Engineering Managers across Cloudflare to achieve reliability outcomes for their services Participate in deep technical design discussions within your team, and across partner teams, and ensure that we're building the right systems and keeping the quality high Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience Hands-on experience with software or reliability engineering Experience leading and hiring a team that builds and runs tools and platforms Excel at planning and overseeing execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability Incident root cause analysis and follow-ups
| Role | Engineering Manager, Edge SRE |
|---|---|
| Company | Cloudflare |
| Location | Hybrid |
| Type | internship |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-01 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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0/4Engineering Manager, Edge SRE at Cloudflare: frequently asked questions
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