Fastly
Staff Software Engineer, Compute Platform
Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$211k-$254kDetected 16 days ago
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About the role
- Posting Open Date: 10/01/2026 Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/31/2026 *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects from a technical lead role driving project progress and communicating project status to stakeholders
- A willingness to dive into and learn bleeding-edge and developing technologies
- Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too.
- Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives.
Requirements
- You have at least 7 years of software development experience, with at least 3 of those in high-reliability systems programming, ideally in Rust.
- This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
- We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- Experience with multiprocess scheduling and memory management
- Experience with systems-level optimization
- A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
- All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers.
Skills
- Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love.
- Come join us.
- Posting Open Date:
- Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/31/2026
- Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
- Staff Software Engineer, Compute Platform
- There is also opportunity to contribute to open source projects (like Wasmtime ) that are key parts of the Compute story.
Compensation
- The estimated salary range for this position is $211,370- $253,644.
- Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly.
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet your needs.
- 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.
Company info
- Fastly's customers include many of the world's most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join this multifaceted team and help scale our hosting infrastructure.
- In addition to nuts-and-bolts networking and systems-level work, this role will involve cross-team collaboration, and designing high quality APIs for our customers to use services developed by other teams.
- What We're Looking For:
- 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.
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