Cloudflare
Senior Customer Engineer- (AI & Start-Ups). Los Angeles
$221K–$267K
Distributed +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Location
- Distributed
Los Angeles, CA - Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in relevant work experience.
About the job
Leads technical discovery and pre-sales engagements with developer-led startups, mapping their product and AI needs to Cloudflare’s Developer Platform through demos, architecture discussions, and proof-of-concept builds.
What you'll do
- Qualify opportunities and uncover customer requirements through early discovery and ongoing collaboration with engineering teams and technical leaders.
- Present tailored demos and architecture guidance, and lead proof-of-concept activities to demonstrate Cloudflare platform fit.
- Build technical relationships and evangelize the Cloudflare Developer Platform through customer engagement and professional content or industry events.
What they ask for
- Previous experience in a Solutions Engineer or other customer-facing technical role.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in relevant work experience.
- Credible technical knowledge of developer platforms, application architecture, and relevant networking, security, and cloud technologies.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to developers, technical founders, and executive stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with developer-led, cloud-native, or startup organizations; a builder mindset and meaningful web-application experience.
- Familiarity with serverless/edge platforms and AI/GenAI patterns such as inference at the edge, RAG, and vector databases.
Pay
$221,000 - $267,000 USD estimated annual salary for Los Angeles based hires; salary is a mix of base & Commission for a total OTE.
Tools
Workers, Durable Objects, Workers AI, R2, KV, D1, Vectorize, Queues
AI focus
Maps customers’ AI initiatives to Cloudflare, advises on AI/GenAI application patterns including edge inference, RAG, and vector databases, and promotes Workers AI.
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