Full-Time

Technical Support Manager

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Cloudflare

Cloudflare

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides CDN, security, and serverless solutions

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Mid, Senior

United States

This is a hybrid position requiring in-office presence.

Category
IT Project Management
IT Support
IT & Security
Requirements
  • Minimum of 3 years of team lead or management experience, with teams of 4 or more people
  • Experience managing Support Engineers' performance and development
  • Strong experience at hiring, coaching, and training Support Engineers
  • Experience managing a team to meet and exceed their individual, team, and company goals
  • Minimum of 5 years technical support experience for SaaS/PaaS enterprise solutions
  • Fundamental understanding how the Internet works (OSI Model)
  • Knowledge of DNS, SSL/TLS, HTTP, and network related concepts
  • Familiarity with command line and command line tools including curl, dig, traceroute
  • Experience providing global support that follows the sun 24x7x365
  • You have strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Past experience or interest in working at a fast-paced and high-growth company
  • Ability and willingness to work occasional weekends, holidays, and after hours
Responsibilities
  • Provide World-Class Support to our Millions of Customers - You will help the team triage and answer high priority tickets from both top partners and free customers, understand our customers needs and problems, in depth, in order to provide insights on them to the company and solve them, and are confident in addressing customer escalations with team members.
  • Manage Technical Support Engineers - You will coach the team to excel at their jobs, manage individual and team projects to on-time completion, have regular one-on-ones with everyone on your technical support engineering team, encourage professional development, help with training and QA, manage the support hiring process, and keep team morale high.
  • Help Manage and Improve Tools and Processes - You will manage and continuously improve our processes for helping customers, managing the team, and working with the rest of the company. They will also help to manage all of our support tools and software.
  • Work Cross-Functionally With Other Teams - You will work with other teams to guide projects that help the support team, customers and the company. You will act as the Voice of the Customer to communicate clearly the requests and problems our customers are reporting to the rest of the company through to resolution.

Cloudflare provides services that improve the performance, security, and reliability of websites and applications. Their main products include content delivery network (CDN) services, which speed up the delivery of web content globally, and security services that protect against cyber threats like DDoS attacks and data breaches. They also offer serverless computing solutions, allowing developers to run code without managing servers, making development easier and more cost-effective. Cloudflare uses a freemium business model, offering basic services for free to attract users and charging for premium features and enterprise solutions. This approach helps them serve a wide range of clients, from individual developers to large businesses. Their goal is to enhance online experiences by providing essential tools and services that meet the growing demand for faster and more secure internet services.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$339.8M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

12%

1 year growth

38%

2 year growth

47%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cloudflare's continuous innovation, such as the new no-code feature to block AI bots, demonstrates their commitment to addressing emerging threats and market needs.
  • The company's extensive and diverse client base provides a stable revenue stream and opportunities for upselling premium services.
  • Cloudflare's leadership in cybersecurity and web performance positions it well to capitalize on the growing demand for secure and fast internet services.

What critics are saying

  • The increasing frequency of DDoS attacks could strain Cloudflare's resources and impact service reliability.
  • Relying on a freemium model may limit revenue growth if users do not convert to paid plans.

What makes Cloudflare unique

  • Cloudflare's freemium model attracts a broad user base, from individual developers to large enterprises, unlike competitors who may focus solely on enterprise clients.
  • Their innovative tools like Cloudflare Workers and Pages enable developers to build and deploy applications directly on their network, providing a unique edge in the developer community.
  • Cloudflare's strong emphasis on cybersecurity, including DDoS protection and new features to block AI bots, sets them apart in the internet infrastructure market.

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Benefits

Competitive salaries

Take-what-you-need paid vacation policy

Comprehensive health plans and benefits

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Commuter and ride share options

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