Principal Software Engineer, Bot Management and Anti-Fraud

PLEASE NOTE: You must currently reside in North America to be considered for this position

We are looking for a technical leader with experience in developing and growing bot management and anti-fraud capabilities. You will support the Security Product Engineering Organization to develop foundational technologies that power our existing and future bot-management, anti-fraud, and anti-platform-abuse products. You will have the autonomy and support to experiment, improve and ultimately define the future of the systems you are responsible for. As a Security Product Engineering leader you will provide mentorship as well as help us shape patterns, standards, and methodologies for the whole department.

What You'll Do

• Develop, test, and maintain bot management and anti-fraud capabilities built on Fastly's globally distributed systems
• Work with peers and Fastly product managers to identify and prioritize forward-looking bot-management, anti-fraud and related product features
• Collaboratively steer Fastly's security product architecture 
• Integrate these capabilities tightly with other Fastly systems
• Mentor teams in everything from data analysis to solving complex code issues
• Anticipate the functionality, scalability, and performance needs of Security Product Engineering teams at Fastly
• Work collaboratively with multi-functional teams

What We're Looking For

• You MUST have experience in anti-fraud or bot management to be successful in this role
• Deep understanding of adversarial traffic classification, mitigation techniques, and associated ecosystems
• Principled understanding of information security, privacy, opacity, and other qualities of bot-management and anti-fraud systems
• Understanding of the challenges involved in using, building, operating, and maintaining scalable and reliable distributed security systems
• Experience working with customer security operations teams
• Experience with writing clear, performant and maintainable code in Javascript, Rust, or Golang
• A history of technical leadership for highly scalable, reliable software systems
• A technical lead who can execute effectively with a distributed team
• Thoughtful, customer driven approach to design and implementation

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:

• Prior experience developing bot management and anti-fraud technology
• Operational experience in bot-management and anti-fraud: data analysis, developing stream processing tools, and automating preventative measures
• Experience detecting and mitigating network DDoS attacks
• Applied data science or machine learning expertise
• Experience defining and delivering new product features in dynamic environments
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, profiling, and problem solving on large-scale distributed systems
• Experience delivering results in an IaC culture
• Experience with CDNs or edge computing technology

The estimated salary range for this position is $211,370 to $264,220.

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. Curious about our offerings? 

• 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), company paid holidays, paid time off and paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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!

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