This role pays more than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$145,500–$216,262
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$230k
versus about
$181k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Cloudflare, Inc
Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.
Cloudflare, Inc currently has
190 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$215,000–$278,000
across 59 roles with salary data.
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will operate at the intersection of product engineering and customer impact by becoming a technical extension for strategic global customers. You will be embedded within partner engineering teams to design, build, and deploy production-ready code and configurations directly into their infrastructure using the Cloudflare platform. Your daily work involves managing technical success across the portfolio, participating in client engineering rituals like standups and incident responses, and identifying opportunities to accelerate service adoption. To succeed, you must possess a strong engineering pedigree with proficiency in TypeScript, Rust, and Golang. You will leverage AI-augmented workflows to solve complex problems while providing feedback to influence the product roadmap. This role addresses the challenge of scaling production systems and ensuring high availability across networking, security, and observability domains.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $215000 from 45 postings across 23 companies.