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 Protocols Team develops software that interacts with both sides of Fastly front and back - handling every incoming client request to Fastly, and talking to customers’ websites. Projects range from implementing new protocols, efficient load balancing, routing among the edge nodes, defending customers from attacks, security enhancements, and more. Initially, we expect this position to focus on enhancing our DDoS detection and prevention mechanisms, with a focus on automation. We are looking for a Senior Engineer passionate about applying their talents to make the Internet fast and reliable.

What You'll Do

• Design and build critical components of Fastly’s CDN networking stack
• Optimize computation and network performance by observing real-world traffic
• Enhance Fastly’s DDoS protection mechanisms
• Lead projects from design to deployment, working with other teams to deploy, support, troubleshoot, and deliver features to customers
• Contribute to open source projects which we rely upon, such as the H2O project

What We're Looking For

• You have at least 2 years of production experience with coding in Rust or C , and proficiency in the other language, to implement scalable, low latency systems
• Additionally, you have 2 years of experience with Linux systems and network programming
• Desire and capability to learn and apply additional programming languages
• Experience developing tests and test automation
• Experience using and improving modern software development infrastructure (development environments, CI, testing, deployment)
• Good understanding of service-oriented architectures, microservices, and design patterns
• You have a strong background with Web/Internet protocols such as HTTP, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, UDP, QUIC
• Solid knowledge of Linux as a development environment: git, compilers

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in ANY of these:

• Experience analyzing DDoS attacks, and with common techniques employed to mitigate them
• Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team and highly available environments
• Proficient in Perl, Go, or similar high level languages

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing bot management or data collection technology, such as web client analytics
• Experience with developing or using anti-reverse-engineering technology
• Data privacy or information security expertise
• Experience with Android or iOS mobile application development
• Expertise in analysis and problem solving on large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with CDNs, proxies, or edge computing technology

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

Preferred locations for this position are:

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

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 $155,370 to $194,210.

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 be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand. 

• 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.

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. 

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