Cloudflare is hiring: Public Relations Director in Austin

Public Relations Director

Position Title: Public Relations Director

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: Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA

About the Role

Cloudflare is seeking an experienced, strategic, and technically savvy Public Relations Director to own the communications landscape for our developer ecosystem and the game-changing Workers platform. This isn’t your standard PR gig. You won’t just be amplifying; you’ll be a strategic storyteller for a platform that is redefining scale, speed, and reliability from serverless functions to AI inference at the edge. We need a communicator with the technical depth to earn the trust of the most sophisticated developers and the strategic vision to position Cloudflare as the definitive platform for builders.

You’ll be the critical bridge between our engineering innovation and the global technical community, directly shaping perception across mainstream, tech and developer media.

This role will report to the Senior Director of Public Relations and will collaborate with multiple teams including Developer Relations, Customer Advocacy, Product Marketing, Partnerships, Sales, Analyst Relations and Social Media. You’ll have the opportunity to build strong relationships with a range of product and engineering leaders and will work closely with our top executives to craft bylines, press releases, speaking submissions/talks, and media material. You will drive communications for pivotal product launches and developer announcements and craft proactive, organic moments on key trends to educate the market on Cloudflare’s technology and developer platform. You’ll also lead these activities with our global PR agencies.

Your Mission

• Own the Cloudflare Developer Story: Become the comms leader for the Workers platform, driving the narrative around the hottest topics: serverless, edge computing, full-stack development, and generative AI.
• Fuel the Fire: Partner closely with Developer Relations, Product Marketing, and our visionary engineering and product leaders. You’ll translate technical deep-dives into compelling, high-impact press releases, bylines, and speaking submissions that resonate globally.
• Executive Ghostwriter: Work directly with our top executives and technical VPs (CTOs, VPs of Engineering) to craft authentic, authoritative thought leadership that moves markets.
• Strategic Campaign Design: Drive communications for massive product launches and developer announcements. Beyond the launch, you’ll craft proactive, organic moments on key trends to educate the market and create conversation not just join it.
• Global Command: Coordinate across our global PR agencies and international teams to ensure a unified, high-impact message worldwide.

What You’ll Bring

• Deep Tech Credibility: Proven experience in technology and product communications, ideally combining in‑house leadership (or high‑growth startup experience) with agency expertise.
• Technical Fluency: You’re not just familiar with the terms; you understand the implications of edge computing, serverless, microservices, and modern AI/ML workloads. You can hold your own in a conversation with a Principal Engineer.
• Trendspotter & Translator: The ability to not only identify trending developer topics but to confidently communicate and pitch Cloudflare’s unique, game-changing angle to drive conversation and Tier 1 coverage.
• Demonstrated DevRel Partnership: Deep, demonstrable experience working directly with technical, developer‑focused media, and a successful track record of translating complex, developer‑centric stories for mainstream business and trade audiences. You know the developer media landscape, the publications, newsletters, podcasts, and influencers, and this is where you get your news daily.
• The Go‑Getter Ethos: Highly creative, proactive, and resilient. You thrive in a dynamic, high‑growth environment where you operate independently, manage chaos, and possess a strong “make it happen” attitude.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $185,000 - $235,000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

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?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large‑scale technology company. We’re 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, we’ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work.

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, we’ve 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. Here’s the deal – we don’t 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 you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

Legal

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 person’s, 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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