CareerPlan

Senior Director Digital Native, Customer Engineering

Austin, TXFull-time$284k–$513k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead Customer Engineering for Digital Native/AI market segment, driving GTM strategy, technical win rates, and team effectiveness for high-velocity scale-ups and enterprise AI labs.

Role type

Senior Director, Customer Engineering (Digital Native/AI)

Builds

Technical solution strategies, automated account planning tools, and edge/AI solution designs for Digital Native clients.

Domain

Cloud Security, AI/ML, Serverless, SaaS, PaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Customer Engineering leadership, enterprise sales leadership, hands-on Customer Engineering/Technical Consulting, strategic partnering, escalation resolution, enterprise contract management

Preferred skills

Financial consulting background, ecosystem knowledge with GSIs, Zero Trust/SASE architecture familiarity, serverless developer platforms, modern AI development environments

Technologies

Cloudflare Workers, Workers AI, Vectorize, Hyperdrive, R2, edge inference pipelines, Zero Trust/SASE, serverless, AI automation

Responsibilities

Develop and execute technical solution strategies leveraging AI-assisted tools; Lead, mentor, and coach frontline CE Managers; Define career development pathways and performance frameworks; Drive talent acquisition for developer-native systems engineers; Own pre-sales technical strategy for AI labs and scale-ups; Partner with AVP of Sales to drive pipeline conversion and quota attainment; Set technical standards for edge and AI solution design; Serve as executive sponsor on Tier-1 deals; Design territory coverage and account pod structures; Oversee technical performance metrics; Collaborate globally to resolve regional issues; Influence product roadmap for serverless and AI-driven security; Cultivate partner ecosystems with GSIs and channel partners.

Seniority

Senior Director, hands-on leadership