Software Engineering Manager, AI Agents
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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!
Software Engineering Manager AI Agents
Location: Austin TX
Why this role matters
Were building industrial scale AI agents that support customers directly. No research theater. Your team powers real customer interactions from day one.
Cloudflare already has the parts. You assemble them into a repeatable platform and ship real customer value fast.
Role intent
Lead a team that ships production agents on the Cloudflare stack. Hands on. Execution first. Your teams code is the front door for millions.
What you will do
- Build and run a team of 4 to 8 senior engineers
- Set a simple roadmap and ship every two weeks
- Keep quality high with crisp PRs tests that matter and fast rollbacks
- Own on call incident review and redlines for latency errors cost
- Partner with Support Success Product Security and Data to land safe automations
- Prove impact with metrics. Time to first response resolution cost per case automation rate
- Assemble Cloudflare primitives into shared modules: Workers runtime Durable Objects memory Vectorize recall KV and R2 for config and files D1 or Postgres where needed Queues or Pub/Sub for async
- Use Agent SDK for tools planning memory and traces
- Bake in safety. Zero Trust WAF API Shield DLP scoped secrets Gateway egress
Your team will build
- Agents on Workers with Durable Objects for state and short-term memory
- Tooling via Agent SDK MCP and function calling
- Vectorize for semantic memory plus evals guardrails and audits
- Flows that summarize propose fixes close and escalate cleanly to humans
- Simple status and metrics. No mystery boxes
Must have
- Youve led an engineering team that ships in production
- Strong Cloudflare platform experience or similar edge serverless work
- Clear grasp of modern agent patterns and how to apply them on Cloudflare
- Solid TypeScript or Rust. HTTP queues async performance
- Comfortable with model tooling. Prompts tool calls evals safety checks
- Obsessed with logs traces metrics. You set and hold SLOs
Nice to have
- Workers AI AI Gateway and Vectorize in production
- Salesforce or Service Cloud integrations. Webhooks and case APIs
- Security depth. Prompt injection protection secrets handling data scopes PII controls
- OSS agent frameworks experience
How we build
Align fast on what matters.
Divide and conquer. Own your piece.
Ship. Watch customers use it.
Learn and repeat.
Why join us
Real impact: Your team serves millions of Internet properties in 300 cities.
Ship culture: Two week cycles. No bureaucracy. Code in production fast.
Technical depth: Managers who code. Architects who ship. No ivory towers.
Interview signal
Show us how youd architect agents on Workers build a team roadmap handle incidents and ship a feature in two weeks with proper flags monitoring and rollback.
Team mission
The Agent Tech team owns the end to end stack for customer facing agents on Cloudflare. Everything runs at the edge.
Core stack: Workers Durable Objects KV R2 D1 Queues Pub/Sub Vectorize Workers AI AI Gateway Pages Zero Trust.
Principles: Ship fast. Measure truth. Simplify relentlessly. Own outcomes.
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off
- Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave
What Makes Cloudflare Special
Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale 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 customers--at 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 privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused 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.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
