Fastly

Staff Engineer - Edge Applications

Fastly

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California, Colorado, New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $195,720 - $234,864 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsGoPythonPyTorchRustTensorflowTerraform

About the role

  • Lead full lifecycle projects from design and development through roll out and maintenance to build new features for products written in Rust, Go, and Python.
  • Design and implement new Fastly features and enhancements based on customer feedback and modern best practices, writing performant, maintainable, clear, and concise code.
  • Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues within products, focusing 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.
  • Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for products, including usage guides, best practices, and troubleshooting resources.
  • Participate in on-call rotation; be available during core business hours and occasional nights/weekends.
  • May require travel and participation in in-person new hire orientation in San Francisco.

Requirements

  • 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 Rust and Python programming languages.
  • Experience with Go (implied by products written in Rust, Go, and Python).
  • At least 2 years of experience working with technologies such as semantic caching, API design, model gardens, and embedding models.
  • Experience 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 knowledge with the broader team.
  • Willingness to be available during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends for on-call rotation.
  • Ability to travel as required by role or requested by manager.
  • Preferred/"super impressed if": experience with cloud/serverless platforms, Python virtual environments and packaging, Pytorch/Tensorflow, OAuth and JWT authentication, software testing frameworks and code coverage analysis tools, Terraform, passion for learning new languages.
Benefits
  • 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).
  • Flexible Vacation policy.
  • Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave.
  • 401(k) (including company match).
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • Eligibility to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
  • 11 paid local holidays and 11 paid company wellness days (2025).
  • Benefits start on the first day of your employment.
  • Largely hybrid work model with flexibility; may consider remote candidates in the US.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
RustPythonGosemantic cachingAPI designmodel gardensembedding modelssoftware testing frameworkscode coverage analysis toolscloud/serverless platforms
Soft skills
mentoringguidingcoachingproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationadaptabilitycustomer supportdocumentationlearning