Customer Support Engineer - US Remote
About The Position
The Fastly Edge Cloud Platform powers the best of the internet, and our Customer Support Engineering (CSE) — a key function within our broader Customer Experience organization — ensures customer experiences are a success through a transparent and timely support management system. This opening is for a Customer Support Engineer, Tier I, an entry-level position within our three-tiered team (Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III) that offers multiple opportunities for future career development within Fastly. Fastly is seeking a technical expert for customers using our delivery and compute platforms. This role requires a strong understanding of internet protocols and the ability to advise on code updates that modify traffic at the network edge. You will not handle general IT or security (WAF/DDoS) tickets; instead, you will be the definitive expert on VCL logic, serverless compute, and the Fastly Control Panel.
Requirements
- Experience: 2-4 years in a technical support, sysadmin, or network-focused role.
- Protocol proficiency: Demonstrated understanding of HTTP/s, TCP/IP, TLS, and DNS (must explain delivering a webpage in under 200 milliseconds).
- Program Language Proficiency: Recent coding bootcamp graduates with a focus in VCL, Python, Ruby/Go, JavaScript, Rust, etc. with a demonstrated entry to moderate level of efficiency.
- UI and API literacy: Proficiency navigating modern SaaS control panels and RESTful APIs via CLI.
- Customer-facing business acumen: Strong written communication skills and analytical skills with experience supporting customers via email, chat, ticketing system or phone
- Triage proficiency: Demonstrated understanding of network related telemetry and diagnostic tools
- Industry exposure: Demonstrated understanding of networking, including, BGP, internet routing, and the difference between transit and peering
Nice To Haves
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience, major in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus
- Experience with Varnish, Varnish Configuration Language
- Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries
- Experience in review/diagnosing log tools (DataDog, New Relic, etc)
- Basic knowledge of Cloud Platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)
Responsibilities
- Programmable edge troubleshooting: Review our customer configurations and debug VCL logic and Compute (Wasm) applications, optimizing cache hit ratios, and manipulating HTTP headers.
- UI mastery: Guide customers through the Fastly Control Panel, RBAC configurations, and custom observability dashboards.
- High-velocity customer support: Resolve technical inquiries across email, chat, and Slack with a target first response time (FRT) of less than 30 minutes.
- Customer advocacy and continuous learning: Move beyond just fixing tickets by educating customers on edge architecture and troubleshooting methodologies. Actively seek out new mitigation strategies and triage tips, sharing your learnings and contributing to our established documentation.
- Omnichannel customer support: Resolve technical inquiries across email, chat (powered by Slack), and portal engagements, including live triage sessions over video or telephone conferences, with a target first response time (FRT) Service Level Agreement (SLA).
- Collaborative escalation: Recognize when to ask for help. You will learn to properly escalate support cases to higher-tier teams to advocate for a timely resolution for our customers.
- Live event monitoring and on-call coverage: Monitor metrics during large network events and proactively report degradation to our customers. This role includes an on-call rotation managed by PagerDuty, covering weekends, select after-hours, and corporate holidays (which includes additional holiday pay).
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), a Flexible 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 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
