Senior Software Engineer - Security Products

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.

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Senior Software Engineer - Security Products

The Security Products group is responsible for developing a range of security related products at Fastly. We are made up of multifaceted teams that work together to build industry leading security products that our customers rely on to secure their infrastructure. Some parts are especially performance-critical, so we are looking for a full-time optimization and code quality enthusiast. Engineers with Golang experience, C/C++ or Java background are welcome since the problem space is similar.  However, you’ll find the tools in Golang to be simpler and easier to use.

What You'll Do

• Write clean, modular, robust code to implement the desired requirements
• Coordinate and communicate seamlessly with the team members and across other technical and product teams
• Contribute to code reviews, improving the codebase and other team processes
• Race detection and concurrency optimization
• Memory allocation and analysis
• Hotspot analysis and remediation
• Architectural design and system implementation for scale and reliability
• Improving and adding static tests and automating these tests so problems are surfaced faster

Work Hours: 

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

What We're Looking For

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of experience; 4 years as a developer 
• Cloud experience (ex: AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong Linux and Bash skills
• Written or previously optimized high-load servers (language agnostic)
• Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining web applications with modern languages like Golang or C/C++ or Java and assessing technological risk within a high-traffic production environment
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment
• Extensive product development experience
• Experience leading software teams and projects
• Knowledge of AWS and Docker Containers & cloud infrastructure is a plus

Salary 

The estimated salary range for this position is $150,000 to $225,000. 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), company paid holidays, paid time off and paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.

COVID Travel Policy

Fastly is committed to safeguarding the health and well-being of our employees. Therefore, new hires may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if the role requires business-related travel, in-person meetings, attending large events and working in an office location, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or if prohibited by local law.

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. Fast