Senior Engineer Manager - Zero Trust Client Platform

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Cloudflare

Hybrid

Posted February 6, 2026

Job Description

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: Austin

What you'll do

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Zero Trust Client Platform team. You will oversee the core platform for our desktop and mobile clients (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android), which protects corporate devices by securely routing traffic to Cloudflare’s global network for advanced filtering and policy enforcement.

You will play a key role in shaping the team’s engineering strategy, working with other engineering teams, product management, and external stakeholders to implement customer-impacting features and meet the team’s ambitious goals of quality, reliability, and high-availability. You will work closely with your team to maintain the code quality and to build solid, testable, and well-documented code.

As a manager in our team, you will be expected to lead, inspire, and foster a culture of diversity. You will communicate clearly and with empathy, and work towards building a cohesive and collaborative team. You will be expected to interact with our customers and internal stakeholders, to identify gaps and areas of improvements in our product and processes alike, and to work with your own stakeholders to transform those into innovative, actionable, and achievable solutions.

The team predominantly uses Rust to implement high-performance networking code that runs on multiple platforms. You will be most successful in this role if you have a strong understanding of networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, QUIC, H/3, proxying, etc.) and experience building and maintaining SDKs on Windows, macOS and Linux platforms.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

5+ years of experience leading a team of geographically distributed engineers, including hiring, coaching, and professional development
Experience shipping multi-platform client applications and SDKs, desktop and mobile alike
Good understanding of VPN, SASE technologies and networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, QUIC, H/3, proxying, etc.)
Excellent technical leadership skills, driving for very high-quality and low-complexity code with thorough documentation
A passion for navigating the challenges of a fast-paced, high-growth engineering culture
Empathetic, proactive, and constructive verbal and written communication skills
A good understanding of how the