Solutions Engineer, Central & Eastern Europe - Czech Speaking

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.

Available Locations

Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lisbon, Portugal; London, United Kingdom; Munich, Germany; Paris, France.

What You’ll Do

The Pre‑Sales Solutions Engineering organization is responsible for the technical sale of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit‑for‑purpose solution design and efficient adoption roadmaps for our customers. Solution Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds— from financial consulting to product management, customer support to software engineering—and we are serious about building a diverse, curious and collaborative team.
As a Solutions Engineer, you are the technical customer advocate within Cloudflare. You will aid your customers and work closely with every team at Cloudflare— from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support—to seek out and create scalable solutions for your customer’s needs.
The range of products and solutions offered by Cloudflare is broad so that we are able to meet our lofty goal of helping to build a better Internet. A broad knowledge of Internet performance and security technology is required; the curiosity to maintain and develop new knowledge is essential to keeping up with the high rate of product innovation at Cloudflare. All the resources and training required to be effective for the role will be provided.

Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience

• Our Solutions Engineers come from a wide range of backgrounds: IT, engineering, software development, product management, financial consulting, customer support and project delivery. We’re serious about building a diverse team.
• Ultimately, you are passionate about technology and have the ability to explain complex technical concepts in easy‑to‑understand terms.
• You will have a good fundamental understanding of how to obtain the technical win so that customers choose our proposed solutions over that of competitors.

Additional Experience Might Include a Combination of the Skills Below

• 3‑to‑10 years of experience in the IT industry (early or mid‑level experience).
• Fluent Czech and English (written & spoken).
• Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands.
• Demonstrating empathy with customers and quickly identifying challenges and pain points they face.
• Understanding of “how the internet works”. For example:
  • Know the differences between TCP & UDP, and understand what kinds of applications may favor one over the other.
  • Can explain the difference between authoritative DNS & recursive DNS.
  • You understand the role of a firewall, why TLS (SSL) plays an increasingly important role on today’s Internet, a solid understanding of HTTP and a willingness to dive deeper into the quirks of clients & servers alike.
• Understanding of how customers make buying decisions, how to explain ROI.
• A knowledge of the competitive landscape for one or more of: DDoS, CDN, Performance, DNS, Developer platform or Zero‑Trust/SASE service providers.
• You’re OK with some (10‑15 days per quarter) travel without travel restrictions: we expect to travel to customer offices, conferences and/or do talks.

Bonus

• Previous experience in a pre‑sales SE or consulting role (note: doesn't have to be in tech).
• Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills.
• Exposure to emerging technical landscape trends in security such as Zero Trust.

Equal Opportunity Statement & Accommodations

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. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e‑mail at or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.