Senior Customer Solutions Engineer

Job Description

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.

Location- London

Job Description

As a Customer Solutions Engineer (CSE), you will be the trusted technical advisor throughout a customer’s lifecycle. You are a product expert and will leverage your knowledge to ensure our Enterprise customers understand and utilize the Cloudflare platform to its fullest extent. Your goal is to help customers be successful and derive the most value possible from their Cloudflare investment.

As a CSE, you strive to understand customer requirements and issues at the molecular level. No matter your background, you have natural curiosity and desire to identify root causes of strange problems and the most elegant and efficient solutions. Fundamentally, you are enamored with how the internet works. 

You will work closely with the Customer Success Manager (CSM) as well as every other team at Cloudflare, from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support. Customer success will drive you through the entire organization as you seek out and implement scalable solutions for your customer’s needs.

Responsibilities

As a critical member of the Account Team you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, help expand existing business, and ensure the success of our customers:

• You will be part of a regional team and will work closely with CSMs supporting the regional book of business
• From a technical perspective, as part of the account team, your primary responsibilities will be to deliver a timely and organized onboarding for customers, ensure customers see the full value in Cloudflare’s products, and advise on technical best practices
• Ensure customer retention and expansion through relationship building and participation in periodic account reviews to contribute your expertise on technical topics
• Provide customers with clear proactive technical guidance and expertise across all our products
• Collaborate with Customer Support, Engineering, and other teams to assist with technical escalations
• Proactively identify opportunities for expansion for existing customers
• Promote retention by capturing and communicating gaps in product or features
• Contribute towards the success of the CSE organization through knowledge-sharing activities such as contributing to internal and external documentation, answering technical Q&A, and helping iterate on best practices
• The role requires 20% travel to attend meetings with customers, attend conferences, and other industry events, and to collaborate with your Cloudflare teammates.

Experiences might include a combination of the skills below:

• 8 years of prior post-sales customer relationship management
• In-depth expertise in Zero Trust architectures and a passion for advancing this knowledge are crucial. For instance:
  • Core principles and components of Zero Trust, including least privilege access, microsegmentation, and continuous authentication
  • Technologies integral to Zero Trust frameworks, such as identity providers, device security enforcement, and network segmentation gateways
  • Security protocols relevant to Zero Trust implementations, such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SCIM
  • Tactical applications of Zero Trust concepts across various infrastructures and data environments
  • Proactive in identifying and resolving security challenges through rigorous problem-solving
  • Understanding the pivotal role of Zero Trust in bolstering today’s cybersecurity landscape
• Ability to proactively identify and solve problems then build sustainable solutions to prevent recurrence
• Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills
• Technical curiosity and passion: Cloudflare is at the cutting edge of internet technology, and our CSEs are viewed as subject-matter experts. It’s incumbent on us to stay up to date not only with Cloudflare’s specific products, but with industry trends.
• Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands