Lead and scale developer marketing efforts. Define strategy, own demand generation, and manage a team to enhance developer engagement and revenue.
At Cloudflare, we have an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Our global network powers trillions of requests per month, securing and accelerating applications without requiring additional hardware, software, or code changes. Our Developer Platform, including Cloudflare Workers, Workers AI, R2, KV, Durable Objects, and Pages, is redefining how developers build and deploy applications at scale.
We are looking for a Head of Developer Marketing to lead and scale our efforts in reaching, engaging, and converting developers-from independent developers to engineering leaders at the world's largest enterprises. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for defining our developer marketing strategy, owning demand generation, and leading field marketing efforts.
About the Role
Since launching Cloudflare Workers in 2017, Cloudflare has become a serious player in the developer ecosystem, providing a full-stack platform that combines compute, storage, security, and networking. As we scale, we need a senior leader to drive awareness, activation, and adoption across the developer audience.
This role is more than just product marketing-it's about creating and executing a full-funnel, go-to-market strategy that drives developer engagement, pipeline, and revenue. You will lead a team responsible for developer-focused product marketing, demand generation, and field marketing.
What You'll Do
What We're Looking For
Compensation:
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
For New York City, Washington, DC Metro and California based (excluding Bay Area): Estimated annual salary of $260,000 - $318,000
For San Francisco Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $299,000 - $365,000
We are looking for a Head of Developer Marketing to lead and scale our efforts in reaching, engaging, and converting developers-from independent developers to engineering leaders at the world's largest enterprises. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for defining our developer marketing strategy, owning demand generation, and leading field marketing efforts.
About the Role
Since launching Cloudflare Workers in 2017, Cloudflare has become a serious player in the developer ecosystem, providing a full-stack platform that combines compute, storage, security, and networking. As we scale, we need a senior leader to drive awareness, activation, and adoption across the developer audience.
This role is more than just product marketing-it's about creating and executing a full-funnel, go-to-market strategy that drives developer engagement, pipeline, and revenue. You will lead a team responsible for developer-focused product marketing, demand generation, and field marketing.
What You'll Do
- Develop and execute a developer marketing strategy that spans awareness, activation, and conversion, ensuring measurable business impact.
- Own and scale developer demand generation, creating high-performing campaigns, content, and digital experiences to drive developer acquisition and growth.
- Lead field marketing strategy to ensure a strong Cloudflare presence at industry events, developer conferences, and technical workshops.
- Build and manage a high-performing team of developer marketers, demand generation experts, and field marketers.
- Refine our messaging and positioning to better communicate Cloudflare's value to developers across different segments (from individual devs to enterprise engineering teams).
- Develop a high-impact content strategy, ensuring our blog, documentation, and community resources align with developer needs and discovery patterns.
- Drive end-to-end go-to-market (GTM) strategy for new developer-focused products, features, and launches.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Sales to ensure developer marketing efforts align with company priorities and revenue goals.
- Own the multi-year narrative with technology analysts, positioning Cloudflare as a leader in edge computing and modern cloud infrastructure.
- Measure and optimize performance across all developer marketing efforts using data and experimentation.
What We're Looking For
- Proven leadership experience in developer marketing, growth marketing, or demand generation for a developer-focused product.
- Strong team leadership skills-experience hiring, managing, and scaling high-performing teams.
- Deep understanding of developers-how they discover, evaluate, and adopt new technologies.
- Track record of executing full-funnel marketing strategies-from awareness to engagement to revenue impact.
- Experience driving measurable impact through campaigns, community engagement, and product-led growth.
- Technical fluency-you understand modern software development practices and can speak credibly with engineers.
- Excellent storytelling and positioning skills, with the ability to refine messaging for different developer segments.
Compensation:
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
For New York City, Washington, DC Metro and California based (excluding Bay Area): Estimated annual salary of $260,000 - $318,000
For San Francisco Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $299,000 - $365,000
Top Skills
Cloudflare Workers
Durable Objects
Kv
Pages
R2
Workers Ai
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