The Engineering Manager leads a distributed team of Software Engineers, focusing on mentoring, executing projects, and enhancing team culture while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
Available Location: Austin, TX office - with the expectation of at least 2 days per week of in-office attendance. Relocation (if applicable) expected within ~6 months of start date.Role Summary
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Argo Engineering team. The Argo team empowers Cloudflare's Connectivity Cloud by giving our products fast, reliable, and easy connectivity from our massive global network. They develop and operate the network software infrastructure that makes up the Argo Smart Routing, Argo for Packets, and Orpheus products.
As an Engineering Manager you will lead this distributed team of passionate and talented Software Engineers. You will play a key role in developing the team and shaping its culture and technical vision. You will work closely with Product Managers and other Engineering leaders to communicate the vision, prioritize the team's roadmap, and achieve cross-functional objectives.
Because you and your team will be solving problems of massive scale and significance, you are a growth-oriented individual who enjoys being outside of your comfort zone. You are comfortable in a fast-paced but sensible work environment. You value curiosity and empathy and lead with these values.
Role Responsibilities
Role Requirements
Bonus Points
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Argo Engineering team. The Argo team empowers Cloudflare's Connectivity Cloud by giving our products fast, reliable, and easy connectivity from our massive global network. They develop and operate the network software infrastructure that makes up the Argo Smart Routing, Argo for Packets, and Orpheus products.
As an Engineering Manager you will lead this distributed team of passionate and talented Software Engineers. You will play a key role in developing the team and shaping its culture and technical vision. You will work closely with Product Managers and other Engineering leaders to communicate the vision, prioritize the team's roadmap, and achieve cross-functional objectives.
Because you and your team will be solving problems of massive scale and significance, you are a growth-oriented individual who enjoys being outside of your comfort zone. You are comfortable in a fast-paced but sensible work environment. You value curiosity and empathy and lead with these values.
Role Responsibilities
- Hire, mentor, and coach a distributed team of Software Engineers.
- Work closely with Product and Engineering stakeholders to prioritize, plan, and execute work.
- Make use of tools and processes to convey project status and resolve blockages.
- Understand technical implications of work in order to influence scope, work across teams, and help unblock projects.
- Take responsibility for production services by organizing on-call rotations, handling customer escalations, and overseeing incident response and follow-up.
Role Requirements
- 2+ years experience as an Engineering Manager for a team of Software Engineers (preferably with at least 5 direct report).
- Demonstrate a track record of managing a team including hiring, onboarding, and professional development. You inspire your team to reach higher. You're as good as explaining "why" as you are "how".
- Excel at planning and overseeing execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability.
- Understanding of Layer 3 & Layer 4 networking.
- Experience programming in systems languages (such as Rust, Go, C++, etc).
- Experience implementing tools, process, internal instrumentation, methodologies and resolving blockages.
- Clarity in written and verbal communication.
Bonus Points
- Experience managing teams and products responsible for critical infrastructure.
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
- Familiarity with Rust (a plus, but not required)
Top Skills
C++
Go
Rust
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