Software Engineer - Edge Delivery

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.

The Edge Delivery team maintains software that serves HTTP requests, fetches missing data from customer servers, and caches the response data. We build tools and servers that respond in milliseconds. We index billions of cached objects. We automate decisions that determine where data is cached. Our tools get built to provide data about themselves so that it is clear why things fail. Our work has an impact on the Internet we use every day.

What You'll Do:

• You will help us program new features and plan their deployment
• You will collaborate with your team members through reviews, shared designs, and collaborative debugging
• You will aid the Customer Support teams with insights into unusual corner cases
• You will make changes that improve the Internet we all use

What We're Looking For: 

• You have 2 years of experience with either C or Rust 
• Familiarity with Linux and its programming APIs
• An understanding of asynchronous IO models
• Comfort navigating and understanding old codebases
• In addition to the technical specifics, there are some more general characteristics we're looking for:
  • People who write software that will be understood by someone else later on (especially during an incident)
  • Those with a preference for correctness over performance

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

• The Git version control system
• Experience reading and writing languages other than C or Rust such as Perl, Python, or Ruby
• Familiarity how the rules in HTTP impact web servers and web browsers
• Previous experience as a Fastly customer

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

Work Locations & Travel Requirements: 

This position is open to the following preferred office locations: 

• San Francisco, CA
• Los Angeles, CA
• New York, NY
• Denver, CO

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 $123,330 to $154,170.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

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 code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will