Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

About the Role

Cloudflare's Senior Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) operate at the intersection of product engineering and customer impact. As an FDE, you will be embedded within one of Cloudflare's most strategic global customers, working side-by-side with their engineering teams to build and deploy solutions using Cloudflare's platform.

Responsibilities

• Deep Technical Embedding: Serve as the dedicated, long-term technical partner within a strategic customer's engineering organization, operating as a trusted extension of their team.
• Production-Level Engineering: Design, build, and deploy production-ready code and configurations directly into customer infrastructure using the Cloudflare platform.
• Technical Accountability: Own the account's technical success across the entire Cloudflare portfolio.
• Operational Integration: Participate in customer engineering rituals, including daily standups, design reviews, and real-time incident response.
• Platform Advocacy & Adoption: Identify opportunities to accelerate the adoption of Cloudflare services, unlocking new capabilities across the customer's tech stack.
• Platform Breadth & Depth: Deep technical competence in building production applications on a modern stack, combined with the willingness and ability to go deep on all Cloudflare product areas.
• Feedback Loop & Product Influence: Surface real-world edge cases and product gaps directly to Cloudflare's Product and Engineering teams to influence the developer platform roadmap.
• Strategic Relationship Management: Establish and maintain trusted technical relationships with senior leadership.
• On-Site Presence: Maintain a regular on-site presence at customer locations to foster deep collaboration and cultural alignment.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Proven Engineering Pedigree: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Languages: Experienced with modern languages like TypeScript, Rust, Golang.
• Production Ownership & Operational Maturity: Owned mission-critical services with real-world users.
• Active Practitioner: Currently in the IDE with a 'ship-first' mentality.
• Full-Stack Architectural Depth: Broad technical fluency across the entire stack.
• AI-Native Development: Integrated AI-augmented workflows into daily development cycle.
• Systems Design & Strategic Thinking: Ability to decompose complex business requirements into scalable, resilient technical architectures.
• Cloud Ecosystem Fluency: Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider.
• High Agency & Navigating Ambiguity: Self-starter who thrives in 'zero-to-one' environments.
• Executive Presence: Comfortable engaging in high-stakes technical and strategic discussions with VP-level stakeholders.