41 applicants

Company

Fastly · 5 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform (REMOTE)

New York City, NY

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$168K/yr - $201K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Write platform-level code in Rust that handles host concerns like back pressure, resource limits, and interactions with other services

Collaborate with other teams at Fastly on interfaces to Compute services

Design and implement both low- and high-level APIs for interacting with edge services

Analyze and address performance and stability issues to meet high scale requirements

Be responsible for a large scale production system with extremely high performance and availability requirements

Contribute to the Rust and WebAssembly open source ecosystems

Qualification

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RustHigh-reliability systems programmingDistributed systemsC/C++API designAsynchronous programmingFunctional programmingSecurity concernsMultiprocess schedulingMemory managementSystems-level optimizationOpen source contributionTechnical writing

Required

At least 5 years of backend software development experience

At least 3 years of experience in high-reliability systems programming, ideally in Rust, alternately in C/C++ and some knowledge of functional programming

Minimum of 2 years of experience with distributed or cloud systems

Comfortable writing asynchronous, concurrent code

Preferred

Experience with Rust or other systems languages

Experience with API design

Understanding of security concerns in multi-tenant systems

Experience with multiprocess scheduling and memory management

Experience with systems-level optimization

Experience with and interest in technical writing

History of open source contribution

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Family planning

Mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program

Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)

A Flexible Vacation policy

Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave

401(k) (including company match)

Employee Stock Purchase Program

10 paid local holidays

11 paid company wellness days

Company

Fastly

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Fastly helps digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering secure and online experiences.

Founded in 2011

San Francisco, California, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.fastly.com

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