Engineering Manager - Workers Runtime, Edge Team
Cloudflare · In-Office
Posted about 2 months ago · $220,000 - $303,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Cloudflare's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 28% of Cloudflare's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare
- high 252 stale, 12 reposted of 342 open
- Hiring momentum
- 494 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cloudflare's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cloudflare.
About this role
As an Engineering Manager for the Workers Runtime - Edge team at Cloudflare, you will lead a team of senior systems engineers focused on enhancing the runtime service that executes customer code at the edge. Your responsibilities include driving architectural evolution, managing performance and security in a multi-tenant environment, and overseeing major infrastructure initiatives. You will also be involved in hiring and developing engineers while ensuring the reliability and safety of a service that handles millions of requests per second.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cloudflare as an employer.
What you need
- Experience leading a team
- At least 4 years of recent professional experience with C++ or Rust
- Strong understanding of Linux systems programming, process models, and networking
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design
- Deep understanding of the web and technologies such as web browsers, HTTP, JavaScript, and WebAssembly
Nice to have
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems
- Experience working with cloud platforms, especially server-less platforms
- Experience with the internals of JS engines such as V8, SpiderMonkey, or JavaScriptCore
- Experience with standalone WebAssembly runtimes such as Wasmtime, Wasmer, Lucet, etc.
- Contributions to large open source projects
What you get
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
Worth weighing
- No salary listed for locations outside specified regions
- Role involves managing a performance-critical and security-sensitive service
- Candidates should be comfortable with a fast-paced, evolving environment
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Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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