Fastly

Staff Software Engineer - Edge Protocols

Remote
Git Rust Perl Go
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Description

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.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

The Edge Protocols Team develops software that interacts with both sides of Fastly front and back - handling every incoming client request to Fastly, and talking to customers’ websites. Projects range from implementing new protocols, efficient load balancing, routing among the edge nodes, defending customers from attacks, security enhancements, and more. Initially, we expect this position to focus on designing and implementing a module that is responsible for handling connections to customer origin sites.We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer passionate about applying their talents to make the Internet fast and reliable.

This role is limited to non-US only.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build critical components of the Fastly’s CDN networking stack
  • Optimize computation and network performance by observing real-world traffic
  • Lead projects from design to deployment, working with other teams to deploy, support, troubleshoot, and deliver features to customers
  • Contribute to open source projects such as h2o which we heavily rely upon

What We're Looking For

  • You must have at least 3 years of production experience with coding in C , and proficiency in the other language, to implement scalable, low latency systems
  • Additionally, you have 5 years of experience with Linux systems and network programming
  • You have strong industry experience with Web/Internet protocols such as HTTP, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, UDP, QUIC
  • Hands-on experience in building distributed infrastructure and maintaining it over time
  • Advanced knowledge of Linux as a development environment: git, compilers
  • You have experience in Rust

We value a variety of voices, so this is not a laundry list. It would be an added bonus if you have experience in ANY of these:

  • Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team and highly available environments
  • Proficient in Perl, Go, or similar high level languages

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. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

  • 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 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. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

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.

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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

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