Engineering Manager, Cloudflare Hyperdrive

<div class="content-intro"><div><strong>About Us</strong></div> <div> <p>At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s 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 Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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! </span></p> </div></div><h3><strong>Available Locations: Austin, TX | New York, NY | Seattle, WA</strong></h3> <h3><strong>About the Team</strong></h3> <p>The Cloudflare Hyperdrive team builds the technology that makes regional databases feel like they are global. Hyperdrive is a core piece of the Cloudflare Developer Platform that accelerates database queries from Cloudflare Workers by pooling connections and caching data at the edge. By eliminating the massive latency overhead of TCP, TLS, and database-specific handshakes, Hyperdrive allows developers to use the databases they already know and love—like PostgreSQL and MySQL—without the "cold start" performance penalties typically associated with serverless environments.</p> <p>Hyperdrive is integrated directly into the Cloudflare global network and features:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Global Connection Pooling:</strong> Maintains "warm" connections to origin databases across the globe, reducing connection times by up to 90%.</li> <li><strong>Intelligent Query Caching:</strong> Automatically caches frequently run read queries as close to the user as possible.</li> <li><strong>Protocol-Aware Proxying:</strong> Features custom-built implementations of database wire protocols (PostgreSQL and MySQL) to parse and optimize traffic in real-time.</li> <li><strong>Seamless Integration:</strong> Works with existing ORMs and drivers, providing a simple connection string that "just works" for developers.</li> </ul> <p>The team is geographically distributed across North America.</p> <h3><strong>What you'll do</strong></h3> <p>We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Hyperdrive team. You will guide a group of talented systems engineers building the "connective tissue" between the edge and the world’s most popular databases. You will play an active part in shaping product features—such as adding support for new database protocols, improving caching logic, and expanding private networking capabilities via Cloudflare Tunnel.</p> <p>You will ensure the team hits ambitious performance goals and reliability targets. You bring a passion for solving the "distributed data" problem and thrive in a fast-paced environment where you are building low-level infrastructure that scales to millions of requests per second. Most importantly, you have a track record of leading technical teams with empathy, clarity, and a focus on professional growth.</p> <h3><strong>Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Strong communications skills</strong> – Ability to translate complex systems architecture (like database wire protocols and connection stat ... (truncated, view full listing at source)