Manager, Technical Support - Developer Platform

About Us

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. 

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: Singapore, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur

About the Department

The Cloudflare Technical Support organization is the front line for our customers and developers, solving complex technical problems and answering questions across email, chat, phone, and other channels. We support everyone from individual developers building their first application to large enterprises running mission-critical workloads at global scale.

The Developer Platform Support team is a newly formed, specialized function focused on supporting Cloudflare’s developer-facing products and platforms. This team partners closely with Engineering and Product to help developers build, deploy, and operate applications successfully, while also acting as a critical feedback loop to improve platform reliability, usability, and developer experience.

About the Role

As Manager, Technical Support – Developer Platform, you will build, lead, and scale a team of highly technical Support Engineers who support Cloudflare’s developer ecosystem. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical depth, operational rigor, and the ability to operate in ambiguity as the team, scope, and processes are being established.

You will balance people leadership, operational excellence, and technical credibility, while shaping how developer-focused support is delivered across a global, follow-the-sun model.

What You’ll Do

Build and Scale a New Support Function

• Hire, onboard, and develop a new team of Developer Platform Support Engineers.
• Define team structure, skill expectations, and onboarding paths for a developer-focused support motion.
• Establish clear operating models, escalation paths, and engagement patterns with Engineering and Product.
• Help shape what “great” developer support looks like at Cloudflare.

Drive Operational Excellence

• Own day-to-day operations, ensuring performance against SLAs, KPIs, backlog health, and customer experience metrics.
• Ensure effective global handovers and consistent support quality across regions and time zones.
• Partner with Workforce Management to ensure appropriate coverage and capacity planning.

Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team

• Coach and mentor engineers with strong technical backgrounds, helping them grow in troubleshooting depth, communication, and ownership.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning.
• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and customer-centric problem solving.
• Lead by example in managing difficult situations, guiding technical investigations, and resolving escalations.

Handle and Prevent Escalations

• Act as an escalation point for complex or high-severity developer issues.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Product, and Incident Response teams to drive timely resolution.
• Lead or contribute to root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Oversee the creation of clear, high-quality customer-facing reports and technical explanations.

Elevate Technical Excellence

• Provide technical leadership on complex issues involving APIs, developer tooling, runtime environments, and distributed systems.
• Guide engineers through deep technical investigations, debugging, and architectural discussions.
• Contribute to internal documentation, troubleshooting guides,