Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Cloudflare
$234-310k
OTE
Salary dependent on location and only applicable to Bay Area and NY applicants. + Equity
Web performance and security platform
Open for applications
Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$234-310k
OTE
Salary dependent on location and only applicable to Bay Area and NY applicants. + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- Technical Sales Leadership: Significant experience leading technical teams, with a background of 7+ years in technical sales of cloud computing, storage, or full-stack engineering
- Strategic Planning: Proven ability to develop programs that drive sales strategy and pipeline generation in a complex technical environment
- Deep Technical Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of modern Web Technologies, Cloud Architecture, AI/ML, and the advantages of Distributed Serverless Platforms
- System Design Authority: Ability to mentor teams on Systems Design theory and practice for distributed, full-stack applications to solve complex client needs
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated success collaborating with Product, Marketing, and Sales to drive revenue and customer adoption
- Application Materials: Candidates must submit a resume/CV detailing their experience with team leadership and technical architecture
Desirable
- Platform Proficiency: Practical experience where you have built applications or solutions using Cloudflare Workers
- Industry Certifications: Holding current AWS Solutions Architect or GCP Cloud Architect certifications
- Developer Workflow Knowledge: Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, versioning, and system integrations to better guide the team on developer workflows
What the job involves
- As the Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering, you will lead a team of high-performing technical experts who help customers understand the business value and technical details of Cloudflare’s ecosystem
- You will serve as a strategic partner to sales leadership, advising on programs to grow developer revenue and supporting complex strategic opportunities
- In this leadership capacity, you will bridge the gap between technical sales and product engineering, ensuring your team effectively acts as the feedback loop that evolves our product offerings
- Strategic Oversight: Develop and execute the long-term technical sales strategy in partnership with regional and country sales leaders to drive pipeline and revenue for the Cloudflare Developer Platform
- People Management: Directly manage, mentor, and grow a team of Solution Architects, ensuring they successfully serve as trusted technical advisors and regional leads
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison with executive leadership, Product Management, and Product Marketing to align goals and deliver data-driven value propositions and customer stories
- Budget and Resource Allocation: Manage the annual budget and make critical resource allocation decisions to ensure the team is staffed and equipped to meet customer needs and business goals
- Executive Engagement: Support your team in aligning perceived business and technical value with C-Level executives at strategic customer accounts
- Product Evolution: Oversee the creation of a succinct feedback loop between the field and internal teams to refine the product roadmap based on customer usage and competitive intelligence
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with over 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
And impressive third-quarter 2025 results show strong momentum, with revenue rising to $562 million from $430 million a year earlier. The company also raised its full-year guidance, underscoring confidence in continued growth. As demand for secure, cloud-based infrastructure keeps growing, Cloudflare's expanding platform and improving efficiency leave it well positioned to capture further gains in a rapidly growing market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company 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.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)Lee began their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(Co-Founder, President & Co-Chair)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(Co-Founder & CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare in 2009, where he has served as CEO ever since.
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