Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Cloudflare, Inc
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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 226 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $215,000–$278,000 across 69 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will operate at the intersection of product engineering and customer impact by becoming embedded within strategic global customers. You will serve as a technical extension of their teams, writing production code, designing architecture, and managing technical success across the entire Cloudflare portfolio. Your daily work involves participating in customer engineering rituals, such as standups and incident responses, while identifying opportunities to accelerate platform adoption. To succeed, you must possess expertise in TypeScript, Rust, and Golang, alongside proficiency in cloud ecosystems like AWS, GCP, or Azure. You will leverage AI-augmented workflows to solve complex problems and provide feedback to influence the product roadmap. This role focuses on building production-ready solutions for large-scale infrastructure, specifically addressing challenges in networking, security, and observability within a high-stakes technical environment.
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Median $201250 from 49 postings across 21 companies.
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