Senior Customer Engineer (Territory, North East)

Cloudflare; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid maternity & paternity leave

Healthcare

Pension

Commuter program

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Customer Engineer to serve as a trusted technical advisor, owning the relationship from discovery to long-term adoption and expansion. You will lead technical discovery, build architectures, and deliver demos and PoCs across Cloudflare's security, networking and developer platforms.

You will oversee onboarding, technical health, risk mitigation and expansion alongside Account Executives, leveraging AI-augmented workflows to drive high-value outcomes for customers and the

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Engineering or Sales Engineering.
• Exceptional presentation and stakeholder management across C-suite.
• Broad technical expertise across web security, networking, cloud infra and developer platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship from discovery through adoption and expansion.
• Lead technical discovery, bespoke architectures, demos and PoCs across Cloudflare portfolio.
• Manage onboarding, health, risk and expansion strategy with Account Executives.
• Lead quarterly business reviews to translate platform value into ROI for executives.

Skills

Customer-facing

Presentation skills

Technical acumen

Sales/customer growth mindset

Job description

• At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet
• As the architectural complexity of enterprise solutions scales, we are evolving how we partner with our customers
• The Customer Engineer (CE) represents the core driver of our technical go-to-market strategy: a trusted
• Advisor who owns the technical relationship from the initial discovery phase through to long-term adoption and ongoing account expansion
• Sitting within the GTM organization and reporting to the Regional Customer Engineering Leader, you will not hand off your customers once an initial agreement is reached
• Instead, you will operate as a quota-carrying technologist, utilizing AI-augmented workflows to eliminate administrative toil so you can focus on high-value architectural design and driving measurable business outcomes across the entire customer journey
• Technical Validation: Partner closely with Account Executives to lead technical discovery, build bespoke architectures, and deliver compelling product demonstrations and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) across Cloudflare's portfolio (Security, Networking and Developer Platforms)
• Customer Adoption & Value Realization: Lead and/or provide oversight to technical onboarding and implementation, serving as the primary executive and engineering contact for the customer. You will partner with Account Executives to own discovery, demos, onboarding, technical health, risk, and expansion strategy. You will proactively monitor dynamic customer health scores and telemetry to ensure rapid time-to-value and resolve integration bottlenecks.
• Commercial Accountability & Expansion: Carry a variable quota tied directly to new business acquisition and/or ongoing account growth. You will be commercially accountable for ensuring deep platform adoption, retaining revenue, and identifying strategic cross-sell and up-sell opportunities based on product usage data. Lead technical Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to translate platform capabilities into return on investment for C-level executives
• Trusted Advisory: Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the entire customer lifecycle, maintaining a continuous, deep relationship with key stakeholders from initial onboarding through maturity, renewal, and expansion
• AI Orchestration & Workflow Automation: Act as an AI-Augmented engineer. Leverage AI agents and internal platforms to automate routine tasks such as RFP/Security Questionnaire responses, sandbox provisioning, and basic telemetry monitoring, reclaiming your time for strategic customer advisory

Benefits

• Competitive pay: We offer a competitive total rewards package, where every employee is an owner of our stock.
• Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
• Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
• Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
• Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members’ commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
• Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.

Experience: Experience in a customer-facing technical role, such as Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering, Sales Engineering, or as a Forward Deployed Engineer (years of experience required will vary based on Associate, Senior, Staff, or Principal leveling)Communication: Exceptional presentation and stakeholder management skills, capable of bridging the gap between deep technical implementation details and high-level C-suite business strategyTechnical Acumen: Broad technical expertise spanning web security, networking (routing, DNS, DDoS mitigation), cloud infrastructure, enterprise architecture, and modern developer platforms (serverless, edge computing, API-driven workflows)Commercial Mindset: Proven track record of operating in a quota-carrying or revenue-aligned environment, with a strong understanding of SaaS metrics, business value translation, and enterprise sales cycles