Senior Engineering Manager
Lead the Threat Application Services team at Cloudflare to build and scale the Threat Events platform, Threat Intel APIs, and IOC integration systems for automated security mitigation. Requires 8+ years engineering leadership experience with distributed systems, security platforms, and mentorship in a high-growth environment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of high-performing engineers in building and scaling the Cloudforce One Threat Events platform, external Threat Intel APIs, and backend systems integrating Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) into products like WAF and Gateway for automated mitigation.
- Provide architectural direction and ensure operational excellence, meeting latency and reliability requirements for Enterprise security operations.
- Drive professional development of direct reports through mentorship and coaching.
- Collaborate with product managers and security researchers to transform complex threat data into intuitive, automated customer experiences.
- Manage technical debt, plan and execute to deliver predictable, world-class products.
- Participate in on-call rotation outside standard working hours as needed.
- Lead hiring efforts to expand engineering capabilities for next-generation agentic threat intelligence tools.
Requirements
- 8+ years of Software Development experience with a focus on Go, JavaScript, or distributed systems.
- Over 8 years leading high-performing engineering teams, responsible for architectural direction and operational excellence of large-scale distributed security platforms (e.g., Threat Intel APIs, automated mitigation systems).
- Proven ability to manage technical debt, drive professional development, and deliver predictable products in a high-growth environment.
- Understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain and experience automating ingestion and distribution of IOCs (IPs, domains, hashes, JA3/4 fingerprints).
- Experience with edge computing (e.g., Workers), SQL-at-the-edge (D1/SQLite), and systems scaling to trillions of signals.
- Strong planning, execution, mentorship, and coaching skills in a specialized security engineering domain.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with AI-assisted development and agentic AI workflows.
- Prior experience building high-performance APIs or platforms for threat intelligence, security operations, or large-scale data analytics.
Compensation & Benefits
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
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
Skills
Go, JavaScript, Distributed Systems, Threat Intelligence, Iocs, Cyber Kill Chain, Edge Computing, Workers, D1, Sqlite, Ai-Assisted Development, Agentic AI, APIs, Security Operations, Large-Scale Data Analytics
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