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 use our edge cloud platform to ensure concertgoers can buy tickets to the live events they love, travelers can book flights seamlessly and embark on their next great adventure, and sports fans can stream events in real time, across devices. They include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Spotify, Alaska Airlines, Hulu, The New York Times, and Ticketmaster.

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

Engineering Manager, Edge Protocols

The Manager for Edge Protocol Engineering will lead a group of engineers specializing in terminating connections on Fastly's CDN. This role will help guide the team to deliver high quality and high performance systems. And, work with other engineering managers to lead shared efforts. Responsibilities of the position include the day-to-day management of a team of engineers producing software and systems for terminating end user connections at the CDN's edge. You will contribute to projects ranging from our TLS products to the implementation of new protocols such as QUIC. We're creating a better, more trustworthy Internet at Fastly. The Edge Protocols team contributes directly to this.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Product Managers and Program Managers, and Engineering managers working on related systems.
• Guide the team on engineering practices to craft high quality systems.
• Stay up to date with the development of protocols related to your systems. You're not afraid to read RFCs.
• Use your expertise in software engineering to ensure high quality software is delivered incrementally.
• You will work with your team to ensure the work is being broken down appropriately, and the ticket tracking system is working in a way suitable to your team's methods.
• You will work closely with the teams developing the control plane and Varnish, as well as the teams operating the fleet.

What We're Looking For

• 5-7 years of Software Engineering experience.
• 2-4 years of Engineering Management experience.
• Experience with different methods of engineering and knowing when to experiment with them.
• You have run engineering teams or have been a tech lead with strong people leadership skills.
• You have an excellent understanding of safe coding practices, and are comfortable with C.
• You are proficient in Go, Rust, or similar high level languages.
• You understand how TCP, UDP, and TLS works. Bonus points if you're familiar with QUIC.
• You have worked in distributed and highly available environments.

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. In fact, 50% of our employees work outside of SF! An international remote culture is in our DNA.
• 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 like up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave, options for free medical/dental/vision plans, and an open vacation program that enables our folks to take the time they need to recharge (some benefits may vary by location).
• 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!

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

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