Design and lead delivery of systems that drive our vision for scalability, security, performance and reliability in all the applications.
Provide and advocate for solutions to strategic and sophisticated technical problems, while influencing the organization with new ideas.
Represent the Team in technical discussions across the organization.
Help identify areas of opportunity in existing products and design solutions to support those efforts.
Contribute and advocate for iterative improvements to both code and culture.
Think strategically about the technical direction of the team’s software, in alignment to Fastly’s long term goals.
Anticipate where and when systems will need to be adapted to meet our growth needs.
Craft and articulate technical strategy via design documents.
Sequence the technical building blocks required to enable durable innovation.
Guide, share knowledge, and lead teams implementing cross functional systems.
Enable outcome driven, collaborative discussions utilizing the deep technical knowledge of the teams you work with.
Mentor and provide regular feedback to engineers.
Lead by example. Be an active implementer and team member.
Partner with senior engineering leaders to build and execute in both internal and open source contexts.
Participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

Significant domain-relevant software engineering experience (i.e., backend and distributed systems focus) with expertise in modern programming languages and tooling (the team works mostly in Golang)
Track record of choosing pragmatic over perfect solutions to ship features on-time and unblock cross-functional initiatives.
Experience building efficient software at scale.
Proven experience building internet facing systems that are safely operated
A history of hands-on technical leadership building scalable and reliable software.
Thoughtful, customer-driven approach to design and implementation.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills; capable of building positive relationships with peers and leadership.
Experience mentoring, guiding, and coaching team members and a passion for learning and sharing what you’ve learned with others.

Benefits

comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Family planning
mental health support
Employee Assistance Program
Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)
Flexible Vacation policy
up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
401(k) (including company match)
Employee Stock Purchase Program
11 paid local holidays
12 paid company wellness days

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Golangbackend systemsdistributed systemssoftware engineeringscalable softwarereliable softwareinternet facing systemstechnical leadershipdesign documentsiterative improvements

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationmentoringcoachinginfluencingstrategic thinkingcustomer-driven designteam leadershipfeedbackrelationship building