Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer: Production Code & Strategy

Fdetimes; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Rx Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Participation Plan

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded with one of its strategic global customers, shaping technical architectures and delivering production-grade solutions using the Cloudflare platform.

You will partner with customer engineering teams, write production code, and influence how Cloudflare products are used at scale across the customer stack. This role requires deep technical ownership and strong collaboration with leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Languages: TypeScript, Rust, Golang.
• Experience owning mission-critical services with real users.

Responsibilities

• Embed with a strategic customer’s engineering team to influence product usage at scale.
• Write production code and deploy solutions using Cloudflare platform.
• Own the technical success of the account across the Cloudflare portfolio.
• Participate in customer engineering rituals and incident response.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate adoption of Cloudflare services.

Skills

7+ years experience

TypeScript

Rust

Golang

Production ownership

Operational maturity

Ship-first mentality

Full-stack architecture

AI-native development

Cloud providers

Executive presence

High agency

Tools

Windsurf

OpenCode

Cloudflare Platform

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded with one of its strategic global customers, shaping technical architectures and delivering production-grade solutions using the Cloudflare platform.

You will partner with customer engineering teams, write production code, and influence how Cloudflare products are used at scale across the customer stack. This role requires deep technical ownership and strong collaboration with leadership.