Staff Software Engineer - Compute Runtimes SDKs
Staff Software Engineer - Compute Runtimes SDKs
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$ 195720 - 234864
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Job Description
Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys 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 endusers 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. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including Vimeo Pinterest The New York Times and GitHub.
Were building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Posting date: March 19 2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: April 19 2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Staff Software Engineer Runtime & Compute SDKs (remote)
The SDK team is a part of the Compute Platform organization and the WebAssembly team. You will focus on the technology that powers Fastlys Compute platform an advanced serverless platform built on open standards which runs on our global edge network. Its designed to address the requirements of modern application development by empowering customers to run code in a highly secure environment with microsecond cold start times at scale on the edge. While we work in multiple programming languages most of the work for this role at least initially will be C with some Rust development.
What Youll Do:
- Focus on Fastlys Javascript SDK & the StarlingMonkey JS runtime
- Stay ahead of the latest JavaScript and WinterCG standards implementing them for StarlingMonkey and supporting them on Fastlys compute platform.
- Your day to day area of focus will vary depending on project need and skills. The general areas you may work on are:
- Languagespecific SDKs for wasm and improving their feature completeness and performance
- Working with open source communities
- Language runtimes for Wasm (such as StarlingMonkey or the Python runtime)
- Coordinate and communicate seamlessly with the team members and across other technical and product teams
- Contribute to code reviews improving the codebase and other team processes
- Manage projects from a technical lead role driving project progress and communicating project status to stakeholders
What Were Looking For:
- At least 8 years of Software Engineering experience building language runtimes or doing language design
- Expert in a C codebase
- A keen sense of what a good developer experience looks like and a drive to deliver it
- A willingness to dive into and learn bleedingedge and developing technologies and mentor others
- A great teammate: communicative collaborative empathetic with a thoughtful userdriven approach
Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:(Optional)
- Experience in platform or runtime development
- Technical leadership experience in open source communities
- Experience with Rust
- Experience with Python
- Experience in Wasm
Work Hours:
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends as needed to support the oncall rotation.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to both hybrid and remote work locations.
The preferred hybrid locations for this position are:
- San Francisco CA
- New York City NY
- Denver CO
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
We are also willing to consider remote candidates in the United States or Canada.
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position if hired in the United States is $195720 $234864
Starting salary may vary based on permissible nondiscriminatory factors such as experience skills qualifications and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastlys 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 Flexible 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 2025 we offer 11 paid local holidays 11 paid company wellness days.
Why Fastly
We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen 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. Fastlys homebase is in San Francisco but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire you will be able to attend our INPERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting weeklong experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly participate in handson learning opportunities and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
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 were 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.
Were 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.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
