Staff Software Engineer - Network Telemetry

About Fastly

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet.

The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development.

Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Role Overview

We are looking for a technical leader with experience in designing, building and operating distributed systems that are scalable, fault tolerant and easy to manage.

The pipelines you will work with are near-real-time telemetry and some of them are extremely latency sensitive as they are part of traffic engineering controller inputs.

You will also be responsible for running complex troubleshooting that requires new telemetry to be introduced or when the issue spans multiple parts of the stack.

What You'll Do

• Lead multi-functional initiatives, collaborate and gather requirements from cross functional teams and translate them into software features that can increase automation capabilities
• Design, implement and operate distributed control systems that collect and aggregate large amounts of data to manage network services and configuration
• Be the point person to run complex troubleshooting when the problem spans multiple complex subsystems
• Consider scalability, security, performance and reliability in the design of the applications you support
• Build relationships with other teams and act as technical lead in conversations inside and outside the team
• Help identify new areas of opportunity in existing products, and draft solutions to support those efforts
• Mentor junior engineers and give them opportunities to grow inside your projects

What We're Looking For

• You have a minimum of 7 years of experience building or operating networking / distributed / cloud systems
• You have at least 7 years of hands-on experience with design and development of software components on Unix / Linux platforms
• Experience with projects related to low-latency data collection and analysis
• You have at least 4 years of experience in writing elegant and maintainable Rust, Python and / or Go code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) or AWS infrastructure
• Implementation skills with network data structures such as graphs, tries, etc.
• Experience with Machine Learning & Analytical tools
• Experience with infrastructure as code systems like terraform and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with network protocols such as DNS and TCP

Work Hours

This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Locations & Travel Requirements

This position is open to San Francisco, CA and US (Remote). The preferred locations for this position are San Francisco, CA.

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

We are willing to consider remote candidates in US (Remote). This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220 to $226,520. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too.

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.

Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a non-accrual vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees.

We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives.
• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe.
• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not one size fits all’.

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.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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