Customer Solutions Engineer - US Remote
Customer Solutions Engineer - US Remote
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$ 104830 - 147996
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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 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. 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 Open Date:5/21/25
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 7/21/25
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Customer Solutions Engineer
Our customers are interested in optimizing their product delivery global footprint and user experience using the Fastly platform. You will be on the front lines of this adoption. Internally we title this role as a Fastly Cloud Engineer (CE) within the Fastly Revenue Organization. As a trusted customer advocate the CE will help organizations understand various technologies such as Edge Computing and CDN architectures as well as assisting them on efficiently migrating existing workload to Fastly all while linking technology with measurable business value. You should be able to demonstrate technical ownership across assigned strategic customer accounts bringing emotional intelligence and clear communication to all interactions and audiences (both technical and non-technical). With your technical expertise you should act as a problem solver identifying challenges and advocating solutions.
At Fastly we are looking for individuals who are passionate about technology and have an ongoing drive and capability to absorb and retain vast amounts of deep technical information.
What Youll Do
- As the resident Fastly architect for your customer you are an extension of the customers technical team and represent and champion the customers needs within Fastly
- Develop technical relationships with customers to build a deep understanding of their team infrastructure plans and problems they are encountering
- Post sales implementation of Fastly products such as logging endpoints image optimization and VCL coding while documenting key aspects of the customers configuration for troubleshooting and engagement
- Investigate and recommend improvements to customers implementation and utilization of Fastlys technology stack
- Look for opportunities to introduce new Fastly products that compliment the customers needs
- Partner internally to create customer strategies and assist in support requests or problems for assigned customers
- Participate in regularly scheduled customer meetings on-site and by video/phone as necessary including cadence calls and Quarterly Business Review meetings
- Responsible for tracking and reporting on the health of your customer accounts providing regular updates to Client Services leadership
What were looking for
- 5 years Pre-Sales or Post-Sales experience in Sales Engineering Web Development Customer facing DevOps Engineer Technical Account Management or Solutions Architect
- This is a hands on role you must be willing to roll your sleeves hop on the keyboard and tackle customer issues and requests
- Understanding of networking including BGP internet routing and the difference between transit and peering
- Understanding of HTTP/s TCP TLS DNS HLS DASH Load Balancing Apache NGINX
- Hands-on experience with Linux and scripting languages/tools such as (Python Sed Awk Perl JSON Ruby GO )
- Experience with internet and cloud based architecture as well as an understanding of bare metal deployments as well as cloud environments such as AWS Azure and GCP
- Empathy and understanding of the customer
- Possess a comfort level with presenting and leading customer presentations and training
- Strong interpersonal communication and feedback (writing and verbal) critical thinking & analytical skills
- Able to present technical concepts to various business stakeholders (technical and non-technical). Able to outline deliverables and business impact.
- Capable and willing to travel for customer meetings as necessary
- While most duties will be performed during normal business hours there is an occasional requirement for a flexible schedule as necessary based on customer needs
Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- Experience with Varnish Varnish Configuration Language
- Streaming video/audio technologies or experience in e-commerce technologies/solutions
- Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries
Work Hours:
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
- San Francisco CA
- Denver CO
- New York NY
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 any area of the US.
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 is $104830 to $147996.
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 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 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 home-base 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 IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly participate in hands-on 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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Employment Type
Full Time
