Fastly Inc. Denver , CO 80208
Posted 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Data Services
The Data Services team is responsible for developing, supporting, and operating the software, systems & infrastructure that Fastly's products are built on top of. We are looking for a Senior engineer who is interested in the space at the intersection of security & data to join the team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading project implementations, collaborating with others, and growing/adapting systems to the needs of the business.
What you'll do:
Develop and maintain the software and systems that ingest, manage, and process the data that powers Fastly's products
Partner with others in both the local team and across Fastly to deliver larger, cross-team projects on time
Scale out large data systems to meet the growing needs of Fastly and it's customers
Use infrastructure as code and configuration management systems to run the software you develop
Build in anticipation of the reliability, scalability, and performance needs of our systems
Create and maintain dashboards and alerts to monitor our services
Participate in the on-call & support rotation we share
Help to establish the practice of using SLOs to guide decisions and priorities
What We're Looking For:
Experience programming in Go and Kotlin - most Senior Engineers at Fastly have at least 5 years of relevant coding experience
Understanding of the challenges involved in operating and evolving scalable and reliable data storage systems of multiple types
A thoughtful and empathetic approach to design and implementation
Experience with message queues such as Google Pub/Sub, NSQ, Kafka, Kinesis
Experience with container technology, Kubernetes/Docker/Helm, or similar
Experience with metric collection and monitoring tools like Prometheus or services like DataDog
Eagerness & aptitude to learn new languages & technologies
We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
Experience with Fastly's products and services
Experience working with infrastructure as code like Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Puppet
Knowledge of one or more relational and non-relational storage systems (MongoDB, MySQL, BigQuery, BigTable, etc.)
Experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana
Work Hours:
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to candidates in any Fastly US office, with a preference for the following office locations:
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. Remote applicants will not be considered and we are not able to support relocation.
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is $167,790 to $209,740.
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), 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.
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