Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise AI - Bay Area
Cloudflare· Solution Engineering
Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)$213.5k - $335.5kfull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Senior Customer Engineer focusing on Enterprise AI within Cloudflare's Digital Native Enterprise segment, responsible for technical validation, adoption, and expansion of Cloudflare's AI-enabled platforms with a hybrid Bay Area location.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery, design bespoke architectures, and deliver demos/PoCs across Cloudflare's portfolio (Security, Networking, Developer Platforms)
- Build technical champions and executive relationships within target accounts
- Represent Cloudflare at industry events and conferences
- Serve as primary technical contact from contract signature through full platform adoption
- Lead onboarding and implementation, owning the engineering relationship
- Monitor customer health telemetry, resolve integration bottlenecks, ensure rapid time-to-value
- Maintain a variable quota tied to new business acquisition and account growth
- Drive cross-sell and upsell opportunities based on platform usage data and objectives
- Lead technical Quarterly Business Reviews translating platform metrics into ROI for C-suite
- Maintain deep relationships with engineering leads to CISOs/CTOs throughout the lifecycle
- Advise on architecture best practices, security posture, and platform strategy aligned to business goals
Qualifications
- Deep understanding of The Life of a Request on the Internet
- Experience in a customer-facing technical role (Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering, Sales Engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering)
- Broad technical expertise across web security (WAF, DDoS, TLS, Zero Trust / SASE), networking (BGP, DNS, SD-WAN, MPLS, TCP/IP), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills for both engineers and C-suite
- AI-Native Development experience integrating AI-augmented workflows into development cycles (e.g., Windsurf, OpenCode)
Skills
Required:The Life of a Request on the InternetSolutions Engineering / Customer Engineering experienceWeb Security (WAF, DDoS, TLS, Zero Trust / SASE)Networking (BGP, DNS, SD-WAN, MPLS, TCP/IP)Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)Communication & PresentationAI-Native Development
Nice to have:Python/JavaScript/Go (Preferred)
Benefits
- Health & Welfare Benefits including Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- On-demand mental health support and EAP
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
- Disability and Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
- Flexible paid time off and various leave programs (parental, pregnancy health, medical, bereavement)
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