Editor-in-Chief
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Job Description
At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds 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 Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
Available Locations: Austin TX Lisbon Portugal
About the Department
At Cloudflare the Office of the CTO leads the companys technical direction innovation and longterm technology vision. The CTO organization includes:
- Emerging Technology & Incubation The team that explores and launches bold new product bets.
- Developer Platform Our compute storage media and AI tools used by millions of developers.
- Cloudflare Research Advancing the future of the Internet through foundational forwardlooking work.
Cloudflare Privacy Building products that make the Internet more secure and privacyrespecting.
And home to the Cloudflare Blog.
About the Cloudflare Blog
The Cloudflare Blog is not a marketing tool. Its a widelyread technical publication trusted by millions of developers engineers researchers and curious minds. For over a decade weve published deep dives into emerging technologies detailed incident analyses and product breakdowns that become reference points across the industry.
We hold ourselves to a high bar. Every post must educate inspire or meaningfully contribute to the broader technical community. We require that even product launches explain how the underlying technology works.
The blog is a companywide effortauthored by interns and Csuite execs alike. Engineers researchers and product leads all contribute often partnering with the blog team to share the story of their work in a thoughtful and accessible way.
About the Role
Were looking for an Editor in Chief to lead the Cloudflare Blog. You will set the vision define the voice and maintain the editorial integrity of one of the most respected technical blogs in the industry.
This role is part coach part curator and part critic. Youll partner closely with technical leaders and authors across Cloudflare to identify great stories shape them into compelling posts and ensure that each piece we publish is insightful accurate and impactful.
Youll personally review and approve every blog post before it goes liveensuring each story upholds our high editorial standards and contributes meaningfully to our mission to help build a better Internet.
Youll also represent Cloudflare externally at events and on panels helping tell our story and promote our approach to technical communication.
What Youll Do
- Define and uphold the editorial vision and quality standards of the Cloudflare Blog
- Be the final decisionmaker on what gets published
Collaborate with engineers researchers and product leaders to tell their stories - Edit each submission for clarity tone and resonance with a technical audiencenot just grammar
- Offer thoughtful constructive feedback to help authors grow as communicators
Manage and balance the editorial calendar to ensure a steady cadence of highimpact posts - Actively scout great stories across the company and encourage authorship
Support Cloudflares Innovation Weeks by helping identify elevate and shape stories for publication - Represent Cloudflare at relevant events conferences or panels as a leader in technical storytelling
Bonus Points For
- Experience as a journalist or editor at a techfocused publication
- Background in engineering or technical writing within a software company
- A strong portfolio of published work especially technical or developerfocused content
- Proven ability to translate complex topics into engaging digestible narratives
If youre passionate about technology and storytelling thrive on helping others find their voice and want to shape the conversation around how the Internet evolveswed love to hear from you.
What Makes Cloudflare Special
Were not just a highly ambitious largescale technology company. Were a highly ambitious largescale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use it is the first consumerfocused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their or any other persons perceived or actual race color religion sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizenship age physical or mental disability medical condition family care status or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to changing the application process providing documents in an alternate format using a sign language interpreter or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job please contact us via email at or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco CA 94107.
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Employment Type
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