Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Certification Authority

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 GitHub Yelp Paramount and JetBlue.

Were building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Posting Open Date: 06/23/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 07/24/2026

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Certainly is Fastlys publicly-trusted TLS certification authority built on Boulder the same open-source ACME server that powers Lets Encrypt. Our team owns the entire stack: Go services bare-metal and cloud infrastructure monitoring security tooling database operations and the compliance posture that keeps us trusted by every major browser and operating system. We operate under annual third-party audit and public accountability our work is methodical change-controlled and documented. Youll bring engineering depth across infrastructure disciplines and apply it within a structured compliance-driven environment where correctness is non-negotiable. This is high-impact work: your systems directly protect Fastlys customers and the broader internet.

What Youll Do:

You wont own all of these simultaneously on day one. We pair extensively ramp deliberately and expect 612 months to full breadth.

• Build upgrade and maintain production infrastructure across multiple datacenters and cloud databases container runtimes operating systems and security tooling following change control procedures from staging through production
• Develop and maintain Go services within our ACME server contribute patches upstream and build internal automation tooling in Go Python and Bash
• Own cryptographic operations including key ceremonies and HSM management work that demands precision and benefits from systematic execution
• Triage security vulnerabilities against our infrastructure determine applicability and drive remediation on defined timelines
• Operate and improve monitoring and alerting systems participate in on-call rotation and perform structured root cause analysis for production incidents
• Prepare and present technical evidence for annual WebTrust audits demonstrate to external auditors how your systems satisfy compliance controls

What Were Looking For:

• Strong background operating and automating Linux infrastructure with experience managing the full lifecycle of production systems. Most Senior Engineers at Fastly have at least 5 years of related experience
• Software development capability in Go Python or a comparable systems language you read unfamiliar codebases debug production issues and build tools to solve operational problems
• Experience with container orchestration (Docker Compose or Kubernetes) in production including multi-environment promotion workflows
• Demonstrated ability to work within structured change management: you document changes before executing test in staging and follow defined procedures
• Clear technical writing design documents runbooks audit evidence and incident reports that communicate precisely to both engineering peers and non-technical reviewers

Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Relational database administration (replication major version upgrades failover orchestration)
• Applied cryptography or PKI operations key ceremonies HSM configuration X.509 certificate lifecycle
• Monitoring system design (metrics pipelines dashboards alert routing)
• Working within audited or regulated environments where your engineering decisions face external scrutiny (WebTrust SOC 2 FedRAMP PCI)
• Multi-datacenter infrastructure with defined failover and disaster recovery procedures

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on-call coverage.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

The preferred hybrid locations for this position are:

• Denver CO
• San Francisco CA
• 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.

There is a strong preference for candidates near a local office. However we may be willing to consider exceptionally qualified remote candidates within the US.

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 is $167790 - $201348.

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 2026 we offer 11 paid local holidays 12 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 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.

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