Staff Engineer, Edge Systems Efficiency

Fastly•San Francisco, NY

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

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 GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue. The Edge Systems Team develops software that interacts with the full systems stack of Fastly’s infrastructure, from the kernel up to core systems software. Projects range from implementing new protocols, optimizing existing systems, routing among the edge nodes, designing distributed systems, and more. This position is expected to focus on enhancing the overall efficiency of Fastly's edge platform. Fastly is looking for a Staff Software Engineer passionate about applying their talents to make the Internet fast and reliable.

Requirements

Proven ability to design & implement reliable, scalable, low latency systems.
Most Staff Engineers at Fastly have at least 7 years of domain relevant engineering experience.
Significant production experience with coding in C, C++, and/or Rust
Experience with Linux systems and network programming
Hands-on experience in building distributed infrastructure and maintaining it over time
Advanced knowledge of Linux as a development environment: git, compilers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and comprehensive documentation
A collaborative mindset with experience working across cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of respect, knowledge sharing and innovation
Proven ability to mentor and support the growth of engineers, both within a specific area of expertise and more broadly

Nice To Haves

Web/Internet protocols such as TCP, HTTP, TLS, DNS, QUIC
Linux kernel
Ability to systematically profile and benchmark complex cross-layer distributed systems
Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team and highly available environments

Responsibilities

Work across layers from the Linux kernel to core edge systems such as Varnish and WebAssembly.
Use a data-driven approach to identify and implement performance and efficiency improvements across the Fastly platform.
Write, test, and deploy C, Rust, and Go code.
Enhance, maintain and optimize network protocols such as TCP and QUIC for performance and efficiency.
Lead full lifecycle projects from design to deployment in support of Fastly’s edge systems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to shape a clear technical roadmap - prioritizing key initiatives and proactively identifying and mitigating risks - to deploy, support, troubleshoot, and deliver performance and efficiency improvements.
Mentor and support the professional growth of engineers, fostering a culture of respect, knowledge sharing, innovation, and collaboration within the team.