Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services
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Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services at Cloudflare is a forward deployed edge & security role for engineers who want customer-facing technical work with real deployment ownership.
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This Forward Deployed Engineer role centers on embedded customer delivery — discovery, prototyping, integration, and production rollout.
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare embeds technical staff with strategic accounts to deploy network, security, and developer products globally. The role is anchored in Hybrid, so expect on-site customer work in that region.
Stand out for Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services
- Lead your application with one paragraph tying Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services to a specific customer or deployment you owned — Cloudflare hires for shipped outcomes, not tool lists.
- Prepare a 5-minute “week one on site” plan: who you would meet, what you would inspect in their stack, and what artifact you would deliver by day five.
- Show you can go from discovery notes → working integration → production checklist without needing a large internal team.
- This role is tied to Hybrid — mention willingness to work on-site with customers and any existing ties to that market (clients, partners, or domain knowledge).
Stand out at Cloudflare
- Demonstrate networking fundamentals with a concrete example — Cloudflare will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Demonstrate security incident calm with a concrete example — Cloudflare will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Candidates who understand DNS, TLS, WAF, and Workers at a practical level rise quickly.
- Read recent engineering blog posts, product launches, and customer stories on cloudflare.com — reference one explicitly in your outreach to show genuine interest.
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Role description
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