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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.
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The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer joins the Customer Engineering team to serve as a hands-on, consultative build partner for strategic customers using the Cloudflare developer platform. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with external engineering teams to shape scalable architectures, prototype reference implementations, and resolve complex technical blockers across the stack. Key responsibilities include reviewing customer code, writing technical guidance, and surfacing product insights to internal engineering teams. You must demonstrate proficiency in TypeScript, Rust, and Go, alongside experience with serverless, networking, and security primitives. The role requires deep expertise in Cloudflare Workers, KV, R2, D1, and AI tools like Workers AI and Vectorize. You will solve high-stakes production problems by translating complex business requirements into resilient technical designs within a distributed infrastructure environment.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.
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