Tokyo Partner Engineer: AI-Driven Technical Architect

Cloudflare, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

the company in Tokyo, Japan seeks a seasoned Partner Engineer to lead end‑to‑end technical lifecycle with strategic partners. You’ll act as the sole technical adviser, drive validation during sales, and architect delivery readiness for joint engagements focused on CF1, SASE, and AI infrastructure.

You will cultivate technical champions, align architectures to business outcomes, and help expand the partner ecosystem with managed services and security assessments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical, partner-facing experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or networking.
• Strong technical depth in CF1 or equivalent SASE/SSE architectures, Zero Trust, DNS, and application security.
• Proven track record of developing technical talent or champion programs within partner organizations.
• Strong communication skills with ability to present complex architectures to partner leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the ASD partner journey to ensure partners can deploy, manage, and support the platform and AI workloads.
• Build and accelerate joint services catalogs with partners for CF1/SASE and AI security offerings.
• Drive Partner Influenced Opportunities (PIO) through technical alignment and architectural health.

Skills

Technical leadership

Zero Trust

DNS security

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CF1 platform

AI deployment tools

Job description

the company in Tokyo, Japan seeks a seasoned Partner Engineer to lead end‑to‑end technical lifecycle with strategic partners. You’ll act as the sole technical adviser, drive validation during sales, and architect delivery readiness for joint engagements focused on CF1, SASE, and AI infrastructure.

You will cultivate technical champions, align architectures to business outcomes, and help expand the partner ecosystem with managed services and security assessments.