Fastly
Senior Engineer - Growth
Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$181k-$217kDetected 6 days ago
GoReactDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewGitNoSQLCloud PlatformsKafkaData ScienceComputer VisionLLMsAgileLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Senior Engineer - Growth Posting Open Date: 06/02/26 Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 08/03/26 *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
- Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220 to $217,464.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and own new backend services and APIs end-to-end, from technical proposal through implementation, testing, and production rollout.
- Author design and architectural documents and use them to drive alignment across engineering and product teams
- Collaborate with internal platform teams, product managers, and stakeholders across the organization the understand needs and deliver impactful solutions
- Consider stability, performance, and scalability in your designs and in the guidance you provide to the team
- Hands-on experience designing and building reliable, large-scale backend systems - most Senior Engineers at Fastly have at least 5 years of relevant experience
- The Fastly Growth Engineering team is looking for an experienced, highly collaborative full-stack software engineer to evolve, design, build, and own systems & APIs that drive customer growth across Fastly's product portfolio.
- You will design and build new services from the ground up, collaborate closely with product and platform teams, and take projects from ambiguous problem statements through to production.
- 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
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend language, with the ability to pick up new languages and frameworks quickly
- Experience designing and implementing new services or systems from scratch (greenfield development)
- Experience writing code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise
- A track record of taking ownership of projects (not just individual tasks) and driving them to successful outcomes
- Experience mentoring, guiding, and growing other engineers
- Comfort operating in ambiguity.
- You can assess feasibility, identify constraints, and formulate a realistic plan even when the problem isn't fully defined.
- Ability to learn new skills and share what you've learned with the broader team
- 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.
Nice to have
- Experience with a relational database is required and nosql database is a big plus
Skills
- Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love.
- Come join us.
- Senior Engineer - Growth
Compensation
- The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220 to $217,464.
- 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 including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- For 2026, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.
- 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
- Contribute to frontend experiences that surface the team's services to customers
- What We're Looking For:
- Our team owns systems that help Fastly customers discover and adopt the right products for their use cases..
- 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.
This listing is sourced directly from Fastly's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.