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.
Fastly is seeking Customer Support Engineers to diagnose and debug customer issues with technical curiosity. Candidates should excel in communication confidently guiding customers through complex problems. A passion for customer advocacy is essential as CSEs will collaborate with product engineering and sales teams. The role involves handling a diverse range of technical support and networking tickets while ensuring high standards of service. Ideal candidates will have a strong written voice and a comprehensive understanding of Fastlys products.
What Youll Do:
Manage and debug customer CDN configurations over email and chat
Communicate customer needs and requirements with the engineering product and sales teams
Contribute to our customer-facing and internal-facing documentation when necessary
Contribute to the processes and policies that scale our support organization as we grow
Real-time live event monitoring: overseeing customer traffic and collaborating with Engineering to resolve issues on a high-speed global network
Customer-focused problem-solving: proactively identifying and addressing issues enhancing reliability and speed
What Were Looking For:
Recommended minimum of 2 years of experience in customer support or sysadmin role
Strong written communication skills and analytical skills with experience supporting customers via email chat ticketing system or phone
Demonstrated understanding of one or more programming languages
Demonstrated understanding of *nix environment
Ability to debug connections using cURL MTRs/traceroute nc or other network diagnostic tools
Understanding of networking including BGP internet routing and the difference between transit and peering
Understanding of HTTP/s Request/Response Cycle TCP TLS DNS Apache NGINX
Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience major in engineering computer science or MIS a plus
Experience with Varnish Varnish Configuration Language
Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries
Experience in review/diagnosing log tools (DataDog New Relic etc)
Basic knowledge of Cloud Platforms (GCP Azure AWS)
Fluent in both spoken and written French
Work Hours:
This position will require you to work a Tuesday - Saturday Shift
09:00-18:00 or 08:00-17:00
This position will require an estimated 12-24 hours per month on-call
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
London UK
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
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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Fastly, Inc. is an American cloud computing services provider. Fastly's edge cloud platform provides a content delivery network, Internet security services, load balancing, and video & streaming services.