Senior Software Development Engineer

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Please note: You MUST CURRENTLY reside within a commutable distance to San Francisco to be considered for this position

The Edge Data Team develops software in multiple areas, for creating and consuming data at the edge. This team leads projects like: Object Store, Config Store, Secret Store, Geo Location, Edge rate limiting, Web sockets and Fanout. We expect this position to focus on enhancing the Fanout product. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer passionate about applying their talents to creating the fastest internet scale messaging solutions. 

What You'll Do

• Enhance and maintain Fastly’s Fanout service.
• Optimize the network protocols used by Fanout
• Write, test, and deploy C++ and Rust code 
• Lead projects from design to deployment, working with other teams to deploy, support, troubleshoot, and deliver features to customers
• Contribute to open source projects such as pushpin

Work Hours:This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

What We're Looking For

• You have at least 3 years of production experience with coding in C, C++, or Rust , and proficiency to implement reliable, scalable, low latency systems
• Additionally, you have 3 years of experience with Linux systems and network programming
• You have strong industry experience with Web/Internet protocols such as HTTP, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, UDP, QUIC
• Hands-on experience in building distributed infrastructure and maintaining it over time
• Advanced knowledge of Linux as a development environment: git, compilers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of messaging systems and there design tradeoffs. 
• Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team and highly available environments

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

position is based out of Fastly’s NY or SF office.  Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. 

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

 

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $185,000 to $215,000

Benefits

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), an open vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2023, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of co