Senior Network Engineer

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 include many of the world's most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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

Posting Open Date: 8/15/24

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 10/1/24

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

Fastly is looking for a Network Engineer to join its Network Architecture team. In this role, you will collaborate with other engineers who are centrally responsible for the edge network's present and future success. The team ensures our network architecture is fault tolerant, cost-effective, scalable and highly performant. You will be asked to drive the confluence of switching, server, software and protocols to create a coherent and self-healing infrastructure the company can deliver solutions on.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement future Fastly POP network architectures that scale and have the ability to change with network conditions.
• Build and maintain software responsible for managing network capacity through telemetry-driven automated traffic engineering
• Advise and collaborate with partner teams focused on Fastly network automation initiatives
• Maintain and iterate on systems responsible for managing Fastly's software-defined network platform

What We're Looking For:

• You have at least 4 years of experience with coding in a scalable OOP language (Python or Go highly preferred) in addition to 4 years of experience in networking and automation.
• Expertise and operational experience with inter-domain traffic engineering using BGP and DNS techniques
• Experience with datacenter networks and highly available systems
• Experience with one or more programming languages (ex: Python or Go)
• Expertise with open network configuration management platforms (ex: Ansible, Salt)
• Expert knowledge of common routing and switching protocols

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Prior experience with CDN or large-scale service provider networks
• Experience with open source routing software (eg. BIRD, Quagga, FRR, GoBGP)
• Experience with building/operating distributed systems
• Experience working with large data pipelines used in capacity planning or traffic engineering systems
• Expertise in network telemetry collection methodologies and protocols (eg. sFlow, IPFIX, gNMI)
• Solid knowledge of global network peering landscape
• Strong knowledge of Linux kernel network stack
• Experience with whitebox switching platforms and operating systems (ex: SONiC)

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Locations & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• 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.

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 $167,790 to $209,740.

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 Fastly's 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 2024, we offer 10 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 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. 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 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 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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