Staff Engineer, Fastly
Traffic Management Systems
$211.4-253.6k
+ Equity + Discretionary Bonus Programs
Edge cloud platform
Open for applications
Edge cloud platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$211.4-253.6k
+ Equity + Discretionary Bonus Programs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a better internet — a safe place where good can thrive.
Role
Who you are
- At least 7+ years of experience designing and developing software components on Unix/Linux platforms
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, designing, building, and deploying production-ready applications, with focus on network protocols such as TCP, HTTP(S), DNS etc
- Track record of writing resilient and maintainable Rust, C, C++ and/or Go code
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas across multi-functional teams
- A passion for learning, and sharing what you’ve learned with others
Desirable
- Protocol fluency and hands-on experience developing and operating DNS servers
- Experience with major cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS, GCP and/or Azure
- Experience with infrastructure as code systems like terraform and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with monitoring solutions like Prometheus and Grafana
- Experience with Machine Learning & Analytical tools
What the job involves
- Fastly's Traffic Management Systems Team owns and operates the services used to balance the CDN’s traffic globally, as well as Fastly’s Managed DNS product
- We are building a world-class DNS product with an autonomous control system that makes real-time data-driven decisions to ensure high levels of availability and performance across our network
- We are seeking a technical leader with experience in designing, building and operating distributed systems that are scalable, fault tolerant and easy to manage
- You'll be joining a team responsible for critical network services, used by some of the world’s most popular companies to power the Internet
- Many of our largest customers rely on our work to ensure a performant and delightful experience for their users
- You will play a critical role in ensuring the team's continued success in delivering innovative capabilities
- Technical leadership of full lifecycle projects, driving project progress and collaborating with stakeholders
- Coordinate and communicate with the team members and across other technical and cross functional teams
- Prioritize scalability, security, performance and reliability in the design of the applications you support
- Write code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise and contribute to code reviews, improving the codebase and other team processes
- Mentor and support other engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing, innovation, and collaboration within the team
- Participate in on-call rotation as needed
- This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends as required for on-call support
Application process
- Anticipated Posting Close Date*: April 20, 2026
- 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
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
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2019
$40m
SERIES F
Jul 2018
$40m
SERIES F
Total funding: $259m
Company benefits
- Parental support and beyond: We support our families by offering generous time off for parental leave. And beyond that, we work hard to build a culture that allows for all employees to have the life outside work that they desire year round.
- Health and wellness: Your well-being matters here. Our health plans offer a variety of options, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability insurance, mental health resources, and more.
- Invest in your future: We offer 401(k)/retirement plans, employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP), and reimbursements for learning and development programs — so we can support your ongoing growth and success.
- Keep learning and growing: Helping people go further means nurturing their talent. Through annual reimbursements for employee learning activities, regular hangouts and advice from our Senior Staff, talks from industry leaders, and cultural events — we offer tons of opportunities for people to learn. And we’re always looking to grow as a company, too: we collect employee engagement and experience data annually and leverage our Employee Experience Champion Network to understand employee feedback, so we can keep improving.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kip Compton
(CEO)Kip joined the Fastly team in 2024 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2025. Prior to this, he was an SVP of Strategy & Business Development/Networking at Cisco.
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