Senior Security Backend Engineer (Go) – Remote

Webhosting; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Fastly is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Security Products group, a backend Go-focused role, open to remote candidates across North America. You will build, optimize, and maintain backend systems for high‑scale web applications and contribute to security‑related product development.

Ideal candidates bring strong Go experience, familiarity with C or Rust, and a track record of collaborating across engineering and product teams.

Qualifications

• Experience developing web applications.
• Backend engineer with Go focus; familiarity with Go, C or Rust helps.
• Strong communication and collaboration across product teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend systems for large‑scale web applications in Go.
• Write clean, modular, robust code to implement requirements.
• Coordinate with team members and other technical and product teams.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation and processes.
• Code optimization and performance tuning.

Skills

Go

Backend systems

Team collaboration

Code reviews

Job description

Fastly is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Security Products group, a backend Go-focused role, open to remote candidates across North America. You will build, optimize, and maintain backend systems for high‑scale web applications and contribute to security‑related product development.

Ideal candidates bring strong Go experience, familiarity with C or Rust, and a track record of collaborating across engineering and product teams.