Staff Software Engineer, Fastly

Compute Rust

$181.2-226.5k

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

C++

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Denver

Los Angeles

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Edge cloud platform

Job no longer available

Edge cloud platform

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityEnterpriseCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$181.2-226.5k

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

C++

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Denver

Los Angeles

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityEnterpriseCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Company mission

To build a better internet — a safe place where good can thrive.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience with high-reliability systems programming in Rust/C/C++
Experience with networking and distributed systems
Comfortable writing asynchronous, concurrent code
Pragmatic approach, with a willingness to invest as much energy into maintenance as into new code
Interest in mentoring within the team through coaching, delegation, and reviews
A minimum of 8 years industry experience as a software engineer

Desirable

Experience with Rust, C or C++
Experience with API design in functional languages
Understanding of security concerns in multi-tenant systems
Experience with and interest in technical writing
Interest in open source contribution

What the job involves

Design and implement platform features such as adding network protocol support and WebAssembly component model
Design and implement both low- and high-level APIs for interacting with other services
Write Rust code that handles concerns like resource management, back pressure, and interactions with other services
Analyze and address performance and stability issues to meet high scale requirements
Collaborate with other teams at Fastly on API design
Contribute to the Rust and WebAssembly open source ecosystems

Our take

Internet users around the world have come to expect personalized, real-time digital experiences, but delivering these quickly and securely, while maintaining quality, can be a difficult task for businesses.

Fastly enables the companies to deliver fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Its edge cloud platform moves data and applications closer to end-users — improving the user experience, putting the power back in developers’ hands, and enabling clients to focus on growing their businesses.

The company has helped several high-profile businesses, including Reddit, Pinterest, Stripe, Epic Games, and more. Its offering is well-regarded in the space, demonstrated by it being named a 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Global CDN, as well as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023 report.

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Insights

Top investors

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Jan 2019

$40m

SERIES F

Jul 2018

$40m

SERIES F

Total funding: $259m

Company benefits

Competitive PTO Policies
Remote or Hybrid Work
Generous time off for parental leave
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Mental health resources
401(k)/retirement plans
Employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP)
Reimbursements for learning and development programs

Company HQ

China Basin, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Artur Bergman

(Chief Architect and Executive Chairperson)

Served as the company's CEO until changing roles in 2020. Previously served as CTO at Wikia, and was a Board Member at OpenID Foundation

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