Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Cloudflare

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.  At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. AVAILABLE LOCATION: SINGAPORE ABOUT THE ROLE Cloudflare’s Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) program provides customers with a dedicated, hands-on technical expert embedded directly within their environment. This is not a traditional support or purely advisory engagement—it is a staff-augmentation model where you act as an extension of the customer’s team, taking the lead in managing, optimizing, and evolving their Cloudflare solutions. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you are a recognized subject-matter expert in your specialization and a trusted advisor to both the customer and Cloudflare leadership. You will own the most complex, high-stakes customer engagements, and contribute to the evolution of Cloudflare's service methodologies and offerings. You operate with a high degree of autonomy, make architectural decisions that impact mission-critical infrastructure, and partner with executive stakeholders to align technical outcomes with business objectives. This role is ideal for senior technologists who have a proven track record of owning end-to-end customer transformations, leading through influence, and scaling expertise across teams. WHAT YOU WILL DO EMBED & INTEGRATE * Become a trusted, embedded member of the customer’s technical team, operating within their tools, processes, and change-management frameworks. * Follow the customer’s change-management process for all hands-on modifications, ensuring risk mitigation and operational continuity. HANDS-ON EXECUTION * Design, configure, and optimize Cloudflare solutions directly within the customer environment. * Implement changes, build prototypes, develop automation scripts, and troubleshoot issues in real time. STRATEGIC ADVISORY & ARCHITECTURE * Provide proactive architectural guidance, roadmap alignment, and best-practice recommendations. * Produce Solution Designs, HLDs, LLDs, databuilds, procedures, test plans, deployment plans, migration plans, as-builts, and other artifacts necessary for delivery and smooth handoff. WORKSHOPS & KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER * Lead technical workshops, knowledge-transfer sessions, and special-event preparation (e.g., product launches, traffic events, security drills, quarterly business reviews). * Ensure continuity by documenting decisions, runbooks, and configurations in the customer’s collaborative workspace. CUSTOMER ADVOCACY & LIAISON * Act as the voice of the customer within Cloudflare, surfacing product gaps, feature requests, and escalation items to Engineering, Support, and Product. * Partner closely with the Account Executive, Solutions Engineer, Customer Success Manager, Delivery Leaders and other stakeholders to align on account strategy and expansion opportunities. EXPERIENCE & SKILLS CORE REQUIREMENTS 15+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role. Recognized Expertise in one of the following focus areas with a proven track record of leading complex, enterprise-scale engagements: * Applications — Advanced tuning of WAF, Bot Management, API Gateway, DDoS protection, Rate Limiting, and performance optimization for global web properties. Experience designing security architectures for large-scale, multi-zone deployments. * Network — Hands-on management of Magic Transit, BYOIP, complex L3/L4 routing, DDoS resilience, and low-latency global connectivity design. Experience with network transformations and MPLS/SD-WAN migrations. * Zero Trust / SASE — Securing distributed workforces with Access, Gateway, CASB, RBI, and DLP. Proven experience implementing Zero Trust architectures at enterprise scale. * Leadership & Mentorship — Demonstrated experience mentoring junior team members, leading technical workshops, and contributing to the development of service methodologies, best practices, and reusable assets. * Strong Networking Foundation — Expert-level understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, and HTTP. * Hands-On Technical Skills — Demonstrated ability to implement, configure, and troubleshoot complex solutions. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform) and scripting (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) is highly desirable. * Project & Program Management — Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, work to deadlines, and deliver results in ambiguous or fast-moving environments. Experience scoping and estimating complex engagements. * Communication & Executive Presence — Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audience * Regional Experience — Experience working with enterprise customers in APJC, ideally within Korea. Understanding of regional compliance requirements, business culture, and technical ecosystems. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in heavily regulated industries (Public Sector, Financial Services, Healthcare) or complex legacy-migration environments. * Relevant industry certifications: CISSP, CCIE, AWS, GCP, Azure certifications, or equivalent. * Familiarity with Agile methodologies and enterprise change-management processes. * Prior experience with Cloudflare’s product suite and edge-network ecosystem. What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.  More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.

Cloudflare

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.  At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. AVAILABLE LOCATION: SEOUL ABOUT THE ROLE Cloudflare’s Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) program provides customers with a dedicated, hands-on technical expert embedded directly within their environment. This is not a traditional support or purely advisory engagement—it is a staff-augmentation model where you act as an extension of the customer’s team, taking the lead in managing, optimizing, and evolving their Cloudflare solutions. As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you are a recognized subject-matter expert in your specialization and a trusted advisor to both the customer and Cloudflare leadership. You will own the most complex, high-stakes customer engagements, and contribute to the evolution of Cloudflare's service methodologies and offerings. You operate with a high degree of autonomy, make architectural decisions that impact mission-critical infrastructure, and partner with executive stakeholders to align technical outcomes with business objectives. This role is ideal for senior technologists who have a proven track record of owning end-to-end customer transformations, leading through influence, and scaling expertise across teams. WHAT YOU WILL DO EMBED & INTEGRATE * Become a trusted, embedded member of the customer’s technical team, operating within their tools, processes, and change-management frameworks. * Follow the customer’s change-management process for all hands-on modifications, ensuring risk mitigation and operational continuity. HANDS-ON EXECUTION * Design, configure, and optimize Cloudflare solutions directly within the customer environment. * Implement changes, build prototypes, develop automation scripts, and troubleshoot issues in real time. STRATEGIC ADVISORY & ARCHITECTURE * Provide proactive architectural guidance, roadmap alignment, and best-practice recommendations. * Produce Solution Designs, HLDs, LLDs, databuilds, procedures, test plans, deployment plans, migration plans, as-builts, and other artifacts necessary for delivery and smooth handoff. WORKSHOPS & KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER * Lead technical workshops, knowledge-transfer sessions, and special-event preparation (e.g., product launches, traffic events, security drills, quarterly business reviews). * Ensure continuity by documenting decisions, runbooks, and configurations in the customer’s collaborative workspace. CUSTOMER ADVOCACY & LIAISON * Act as the voice of the customer within Cloudflare, surfacing product gaps, feature requests, and escalation items to Engineering, Support, and Product. * Partner closely with the Account Executive, Solutions Engineer, Customer Success Manager, Delivery Leaders and other stakeholders to align on account strategy and expansion opportunities. EXPERIENCE & SKILLS CORE REQUIREMENTS 15+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role. Recognized Expertise in one of the following focus areas with a proven track record of leading complex, enterprise-scale engagements: * Applications — Advanced tuning of WAF, Bot Management, API Gateway, DDoS protection, Rate Limiting, and performance optimization for global web properties. Experience designing security architectures for large-scale, multi-zone deployments. * Network — Hands-on management of Magic Transit, BYOIP, complex L3/L4 routing, DDoS resilience, and low-latency global connectivity design. Experience with network transformations and MPLS/SD-WAN migrations. * Zero Trust / SASE — Securing distributed workforces with Access, Gateway, CASB, RBI, and DLP. Proven experience implementing Zero Trust architectures at enterprise scale. * Leadership & Mentorship — Demonstrated experience mentoring junior team members, leading technical workshops, and contributing to the development of service methodologies, best practices, and reusable assets. * Strong Networking Foundation — Expert-level understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, and HTTP. * Hands-On Technical Skills — Demonstrated ability to implement, configure, and troubleshoot complex solutions. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform) and scripting (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) is highly desirable. * Project & Program Management — Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, work to deadlines, and deliver results in ambiguous or fast-moving environments. Experience scoping and estimating complex engagements. * Communication & Executive Presence — Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audience * Regional Experience — Experience working with enterprise customers in APJC, ideally within Korea. Understanding of regional compliance requirements, business culture, and technical ecosystems. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in heavily regulated industries (Public Sector, Financial Services, Healthcare) or complex legacy-migration environments. * Relevant industry certifications: CISSP, CCIE, AWS, GCP, Azure certifications, or equivalent. * Familiarity with Agile methodologies and enterprise change-management processes. * Prior experience with Cloudflare’s product suite and edge-network ecosystem. What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.  More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.

Cloudflare

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.  At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. About the Role We are seeking a highly motivated and seasoned Project Manager to join our Professional Services (PS) team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the governance and end-to-end execution of PS projects using Cloudflare solutions for our customers. Serving as the primary bridge between sales, technical delivery teams, and executive stakeholders, you will ensure that sophisticated cybersecurity and networking solutions are deployed on-time, within budget. Operating within the Professional Services Project Management Office (PMO), you will apply standardized methodologies, governance, and reporting discipline across the full delivery lifecycle — from Initiation and Discovery through Development, Optimization, and Closure & Handoff — to accelerate customer time-to-value. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in professional services, SaaS industry experience, and a proven track record in project management and customer relationship management. Equally important, you are fluent in modern AI-assisted ways of working and use them to raise the speed and quality of delivery. Responsibilities * Lead cross-functional teams of technical professionals that provide consulting, implementation, and support services to customers, managing engagements ranging from single projects to multi-workstream programs. * Own project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and communications, ensuring adherence to PMO standards, governance gates, and executive reporting cadence. * Establish and maintain high-trust relationships with key customers, partners, and vendors to drive satisfaction and revenue growth. * Drive customer satisfaction by ensuring that professional services engagements are delivered on-time, within budget, and meet or exceed customer expectations. * Monitor project financial health, including budget burn rates, margin analysis, and revenue-recognition forecasting to ensure targets are met. * Develop, implement, and refine scalable methodologies and best practices that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of professional services delivery. * Ensure a seamless and consultative handoff from the sales cycle to technical execution, acting as the primary point of contact for Account Executives and Account Teams.. * Proactively identify project risks and implement robust mitigation strategies to protect customer operations. * Transform raw project data into data-driven insights and clear status narratives for internal and external leadership regarding project health, resource utilization, and delivery outcomes. * Proactively leverage AI tools to optimize project workflows and delivery — automating status reporting, meeting summarization and action tracking, risk detection, and documentation — serving as a force multiplier for yourself and your team while maximizing overall project productivity. * Create internal guides and external customer-facing assets that support successful project execution, and capture lessons learned from completed engagements for continuous improvement. Qualifications * Minimum of 8+ years of experience in professional services, project management, or a customer-facing delivery role, ideally within a high-growth SaaS or technology environment. * Demonstrated proficiency using AI tools in a professional delivery context — for example, drafting and summarizing project artifacts, meeting notes and action items, status and executive reporting, risk analysis, resource/budget forecasting, or projet assets — with sound judgment on the responsible and secure use of AI. * Proven track record of working across global stakeholders and making strategic recommendations to evolve high-profile, high-impact projects, including engagements involving 3rd-party partners and complex multi-vendor ecosystems. * Must be highly organized and possess exceptional time-management skills, with the ability to effectively juggle multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. * Sound business judgment and a proven track record of taking ownership, leading data-driven analyses, and influencing results. * Good understanding of how the Internet works — Networking and Security, Zero Trust Services/SASE, DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, APIs, and related technologies. * Proficiency with Jira, Salesforce (or a similar CRM), and a Professional Services Automation (PSA) tool. * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; PMP, PRINCE2, or related advanced certifications are highly preferred. * This role will have a portfolio that includes clients in the Thai and Greater China region. Professional working proficiency in Thai or Mandarin Chinese is desired to support customers and stakeholders across these regions. What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.  More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.