Forward Deployed Engineer

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to build a better Internet. Our global network powers millions of websites and online properties, protecting and accelerating applications for businesses of all sizes. We are recognized for our innovative culture and commitment to making the internet faster, safer, and more reliable. We foster a culture that values curiosity, iteration, and leveraging AI to drive faster, better solutions.

Available Locations

Sweden (remote)

About the Role

Cloudflare’s 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. Unlike traditional Solutions Architects or consultants, you will write production code, shape technical architecture, and directly influence how Cloudflare products are used at massive scale.

You will operate as a technical extension of both organizations – helping the customer ship faster while surfacing real-world product insights back to Cloudflare engineering.

This role is ideal for engineers who want to:

• Stay deeply technical
• Work on real production systems
• Influence product direction
• Build long-term partnerships with world-class engineering teams

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. Serve as the primary technical point of contact, with other Cloudflare technical resources taking direction from your technical strategy for the account.
• 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: Possess 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, from Workers to security, networking, and observability.
• 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 (Staff+ engineers, Directors, and VPs).
• On-Site Presence: Maintain a regular on-site presence at customer locations to foster deep collaboration and cultural alignment.

Requirements

• Proven Engineering Pedigree: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience. A track record of delivering production-grade systems, not just advising on them.
• Production Ownership & Operational Maturity: Experience owning mission-critical services with real-world users. Understanding of on-call rotations, incident response, and architectural rigor for high uptime.
• Active Practitioner: Currently coding and shipping at high velocity, staying current with modern frameworks, languages, and deployment patterns.
• Full-Stack Architectural Depth: Broad technical fluency across the entire stack—from frontend performance and backend logic to database optimization and distributed infrastructure.
• AI-Native Development: Experience integrating AI-augmented workflows (e.g., Windsurf, OpenCode) into the 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 (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including serverless, networking, and security primitives.
• High Agency & Navigating Ambiguity: A self-starter who thrives in "zero-to-one" environments, identifying and owning solutions from end-to-end.
• Executive Presence: Comfortable engaging in high-stakes technical and strategic discussions with VP-level stakeholders, translating complex engineering trade-offs into business impact.

Nice to Have

• Direct experience building on Cloudflare Workers or the broader Cloudflare Developer Platform.
• Previous experience at a fast-paced startup or in a customer-facing engineering role within a partner's codebase.
• A visible public profile, including open-source contributions, technical blogging, or speaking engagements.

Compensation

For Sweden based hires: Estimated annual salary is between SEK 760,000 - SEK 1,045,000.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We are not just a highly ambitious technology company; we are a company with a soul, dedicated to protecting the free and open Internet through initiatives like Project Galileo, the Athenian Project, and our public DNS resolver 1.1.1.1. We believe in equal opportunity and fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities. Applicants needing accommodation should contact hr@cloudflare.com.