Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Fastly's Technical Operations team as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our global infrastructure. You will produce automation and tooling, improve monitoring and alerting, advocate for platform stability, focus on continuous improvement, and solve large-scale problems. This position offers a hybrid or remote work option within the US, with preferred locations in San Francisco, New York, and Denver. Fastly provides a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a supportive and inclusive environment. The ideal candidate possesses deep Linux/Unix systems knowledge, software development proficiency, and experience with large-scale platforms. Familiarity with BGP routing or Kubernetes is a plus.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
• Software development proficiency in a language such as Go or Python
• Experience working in on-prem or cloud environments. Comprehensive knowledge of systems throughout their lifecycle, from design and provisioning to operations
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals
• Proven experience with large-scale, highly available platforms, or a demonstrated ability to operate effectively at scale

Responsibilities

• Produce new automation and tooling. Evolve existing systems to reduce manual toil across the Fastly fleet
• Proactively improve monitoring and alerting. Ensure focus and that the right metrics are monitored to maintain optimal performance and customer stability
• Be an advocate for the stability of the platform and our customers. Work collaboratively across engineering teams in pursuit of this goal
• Focus on continuous improvement. Learn from operational challenges and incorporate them into forward looking plans
• Solve large scale problems and optimize everything. Look for opportunities to make our systems more efficient and tune our stack for speed

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with BGP routing protocol or Linux network stack
• Experience with kubernetes or other container orchestration

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 and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
• 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days
• This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs