Staff Software Engineer – Edge Applications

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 GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

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

Staff Software Engineer - Edge Applications

Fastly is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join its Edge Application Engineering team. You will work on our Image Optimizer product making images and video faster across the web for Fastly’s customers. You will play a crucial role in designing and developing new features (in Go and Rust) and maintaining existing features for this product. This will be an integral part of the team responsible for Edge Applications at Fastly and expected to ensure that all of these products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and customer/developer experience we provide at Fastly.

What You'll Do:

• Lead full lifecycle projects from design and development through roll out and maintenance to build new features for products written in Go and Rust ensuring compatibility with the latest Fastly products and features

• Design and implement new Fastly features and enhancements for these products, based on customer feedback and modern best practices, writing code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise

• Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues within the products, with a focus on performance and reliability at scale

• Ensure timely and effective solutions to maintain high-quality customer experiences

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including cloud engineers, product managers, and customer support teams to understand user requirements and address issues related to the products

What We're Looking For: 

• Significant professional experience building high-reliability distributed systems. Most Staff Engineers at Fastly have more than 7 years of related experience

• At least 5 years of experience with the Go or Rust programming languages

• At least 3 years of experience working with cloud and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform

• Experience at creating clear, concise, and comprehensive technical documentation

• Experience working with customer support teams, and directly with customers, to diagnose and troubleshoot problems

• Experience mentoring, guiding, and coaching team members

• Ability to learn new skills and share what you’ve learned with the broader team

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

• Experience with Varnish Configuration Language (VCL)

• Image/video containers and formats

• Additional cloud/serverless platforms

• A passion for learning new technologies, tools, and languages

• Terraform

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours. It may also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on-call coverage.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

• New York, NY  USA

• San Francisco, CA USA

• Denver, CO USA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.  

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office.  However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

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

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is 211,370 to 253,644

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), a Flexible 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 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 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 value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

Fastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please see our privacy notice for job applicants.