# Engineering Manager, Cloudflare Network Interconnect

**Company:** [Cloudflare](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cloudflare)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** BGP, ip networking, Kubernetes, Go, Python, Rust, C, C++, aws direct connect, gcp partner interconnect, azure expressroute, vxlan, netbox, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Engineering Manager leading a distributed team building and operating Cloudflare Network Interconnect systems for private customer connections via BGP and provisioning automation. Requires 3+ years EM experience, strong IP networking background, and on-call/production service ownership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Hire, mentor, and coach a distributed team of Software Engineers.
- Develop the team, shape its culture and technical vision.
- Work closely with Product Managers and other Engineering leaders to communicate vision, prioritize roadmap, and achieve cross-functional objectives.
- Use tools and processes to convey project status and resolve blockages.
- Understand technical implications of work across BGP, physical and virtual interconnect provisioning, and distributed control-plane services to influence scope, work across teams, and unblock projects.
- Take responsibility for the team's production services by organizing on-call rotations, handling customer escalations, and overseeing incident response and follow-up.
- Drive reliability and automation improvements for the provisioning pipeline that turns a customer order into a live, monitored BGP session.
- Coordinate with Network Operations, Sales Engineering, and Partner teams on interconnect capacity planning, partner onboarding, and cloud provider integrations.

## Requirements
- 3+ years experience as an Engineering Manager for a team of Software and Systems Engineers.
- Track record of managing a team including hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
- 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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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.

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