Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Security & Core Infra

Fastly, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Health insurance

401(k) / ESPP

Learning & development reimbursements

Employee engagement

Job summary

Fastly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Security to define a multi-year technical vision and drive strategic alignment with executive leadership. You will scale a high-performing team of engineers and principal ICs, fostering rigor, reliability, and innovation across the platform.

This role emphasizes strategic infrastructure development over routine operations. The ideal candidate has extensive Linux systems expertise, distributed infrastructure experience in cloud and

Qualifications

• 4+ years managing Platform or Site Reliability Engineering teams.
• Proven ability to drive a durable technical roadmap and facilitate effective collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Extensive hands-on experience working in a Linux environment with a solid understanding of system internals and performance optimization.
• Experience building and automating large scale production infrastructure in public cloud and on-prem environments.
• 10+ years of related technical experience with distributed systems and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with secrets and workload identity management, including using tools like SPIFFE, SPIRE, HashiCorp Vault, etc.
• Experience with Kubernetes, PKI, and configuration management tools like Chef.
• Proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience collaborating with compliance/security teams.
• Migrating physical or cloud-based workloads to new hosting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term strategic vision and multi-year technical roadmap for the Platform Security domain.
• Oversee and develop a high-performing team including engineers and principal-level ICs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders using a product-owner mindset to define clear roadmaps and priorities.
• Drive organizational-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence, reliability, and security; establish metrics and accountability across platform services.
• Clearly communicate the function’s strategy, progress, and risk profile to executive leadership and technical stakeholders.

Skills

Linux

System internals

Performance optimization

Kubernetes

PKI

Secrets management

Python

Go

Infrastructure as code

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Terraform

HashiCorp Vault

SPIFFE

SPIRE

Chef

Job description

Fastly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Security to define a multi-year technical vision and drive strategic alignment with executive leadership. You will scale a high-performing team of engineers and principal ICs, fostering rigor, reliability, and innovation across the platform.

This role emphasizes strategic infrastructure development over routine operations. The ideal candidate has extensive Linux systems expertise, distributed infrastructure experience in cloud and