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Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Manager of Engineering to lead the core engineering team responsible for Cloudflare Registry and Cloudflare Registrar—two foundational pillars of Cloudflare's ecosystem. Cloudflare Registrar serves over 2 million customers with 430+ domain extensions, while Cloudflare Registry powers .gov hosting infrastructure.
In this high-visibility role, you will architect, scale, and innovate across the complete domain lifecycle—from domain purchasing and DNS integration via Registrar to robust .gov hosting infrastructure, compliance, and registry operations via Registry. You will manage a distributed, high-velocity team operating at the intersection of core Internet infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and massive system scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, mentor, and retain world-class systems engineers; foster a high-agency culture focused on speed, reliability, and continuous delivery
- Partner with Product Managers and technical leaders to define the roadmap for domain management and align architectural choices with long-term business and reliability goals
- Own end-to-end operational health, including SLOs, incident response, customer escalations, and technical debt management across high-volume systems
- Oversee the architecture and scaling of tools and APIs handling millions of domain lifecycle events, maintaining strict availability and low-latency responses
- Coordinate with legal, security, and registry bodies to navigate compliance requirements, ICANN policies, and domain security standards (e.g., DNSSEC)
- Drive robust testing, automated CI/CD workflows, and deep debugging practices to guarantee zero-downtime deployments for critical infrastructure
- Translate complex infrastructure and regulatory requirements into clear execution plans for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4+ years directly managing engineering teams building scalable backend or infrastructure systems
- Hands-on background in systems programming (Go, Java, Typescript, Ruby/Rails or similar high-performance languages) with ability to participate in system design reviews and unblock complex technical paths
- Proven track record of operating high-throughput microservices, distributed data infrastructure, or public cloud platforms (GCP, Kubernetes)
- Demonstrated success growing senior engineers, shaping team culture, and driving accountability without sacrificing empathy
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical and regulatory requirements clearly
Bonus:
- Direct experience in domain registry/registrar industry, ICANN compliance, or managing DNS/DNSSEC infrastructure
- Experience building on or integrating with Cloudflare's Developer Platform
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI coding tools to optimize team productivity
- Familiarity with OpenAPI standards, relational databases (e.g., Postgres), and observability suites (Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana)
