Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Fastly's SDK team as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to the development and improvement of Fastly's JavaScript SDK and StarlingMonkey JS runtime. You will work with cutting-edge JavaScript and WebAssembly technologies, focusing on language-specific SDKs, open-source communities, and language runtimes. This remote position requires at least 8 years of software engineering experience building language runtimes or designing languages, expertise in the JS ecosystem and C++, and a strong understanding of developer experience. The role involves collaborating with team members, contributing to code reviews, and managing technical projects. Fastly offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of Software Engineering experience building language runtimes or doing language design
• Expert understanding of the JS ecosystem
• Expert in a C++ codebase
• A keen sense of what a good developer experience looks like and a drive to deliver it
• A willingness to dive into and learn bleeding-edge and developing technologies and mentor others
• A great teammate: communicative, collaborative, empathetic with a thoughtful, user-driven approach

Responsibilities

• Focus on Fastly’s Javascript SDK & the StarlingMonkey JS runtime
• Stay ahead of the latest JavaScript and WinterCG standards, implementing them for StarlingMonkey and supporting them on Fastly’s compute platform
• Work on language-specific SDK’s for wasm and improving their feature completeness and performance
• Work with open source communities
• Work on language runtimes for Wasm (such as StarlingMonkey, or the Python runtime)
• Coordinate and communicate seamlessly with the team members and across other technical and product teams
• Contribute to code reviews, improving the codebase and other team processes
• Manage projects from a technical lead role driving project progress and communicating project status to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in platform or runtime development
• Technical leadership experience in open source communities
• Experience with Rust
• Experience with Python
• Experience in Wasm

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program
• Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)
• Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days
• This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs