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This role pays more than
83%
of similar roles. Most pay
$148,500–$220,143
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$230k
versus about
$184k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
110 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$194,000–$266,000
across 56 roles with salary data.
The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer joins the engineering team to serve as a dedicated technical extension for a strategic global customer. In this role, you will be embedded within the customer's engineering organization to design, build, and deploy production-ready code and configurations directly into their infrastructure using the Cloudflare platform. You will own the account's technical success, participate in daily standups and incident responses, and influence the product roadmap by surfacing real-world edge cases. The position requires proficiency in TypeScript, Rust, and Golang, along with experience in full-stack architecture, distributed infrastructure, and AI-native development workflows. You will solve complex business requirements by building scalable, resilient technical architectures across networking, security, and observability domains while maintaining high-velocity production ownership.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.
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