Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security

Fastly, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Family planning

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Program

Life, Disability, and Accident保险

Flexible vacation

Paid sick leave (up to 18 days)

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid holidays

Wellness days

Job summary

Fastly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Platform Security to drive trust and identity infrastructure at scale. This high-impact IC role focuses on secure internal authentication, access control, and resilience while shaping internal architecture for years to come.

Responsibilities include defining long-term vision with Product/Security teams, designing scalable trust solutions, and mentoring through engineering excellence and documentation. Hybrid/remote options across the US.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a technical capacity as an individual contributor.
• Experience in Privileged Access Management, workload identity management, LDAP, secrets management, or trust systems.
• Strong systems engineering background with Linux, networking, and distributed systems.
• Proficient in modern programming languages (Go/Python/Rust) and infrastructure tooling (Terraform/Vault/Consul/Chef).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision for trust and identity infrastructure and translate it into execution plans.
• Design and implement scalable internal trust solutions such as secrets management, PKI, and authentication services.
• Own complex, ambiguous initiatives with multiple stakeholders and organization-wide impact.
• Promote engineering excellence through standards, reliability, and operational maturity.

Skills

Privileged Access Management

workload identity management

LDAP

secrets management

trust systems

Linux

networking

distributed systems

Go

Python

Rust

Terraform

Vault

Consul

Chef

communication

Tools

Go

Python

Rust

Terraform

Vault

Consul

Chef

Job description

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Posting Open Date: 10/06/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 01/30/2027

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security

Fastly is seeking a Senior Engineer to represent our Platform Security team, with a specialized focus on Trust and Identity infrastructure. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for a technically exceptional engineer with deep experience in secure platform services at incredible scale.

You will drive the execution of initiatives foundational to Fastly’s internal authentication, identity, and access control systems. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, guiding architecture, and is passionate about resilience —while keeping systems secure and scalable.

You will help shape Fastly’s internal trust architecture for years to come.

What You'll Do:

• Work alongside peers to define the long-term vision for trust and identity infrastructure and translate it into tangible execution plans aligned with business goals
• Design and implement scalable internal trust solutions such as secrets management, PKI, and authentication services
• Own Complex Challenges: Tackle ambiguous, technically demanding initiatives with multiple stakeholders and organization-wide impactCross-Functional: Partner deeply with Product, Security, Compliance, and other Engineering teamsImpact Management: Proactively identify potential situations that could negatively affect the business or customers and develop strategies to mitigate these risks before they escalat.
• Promote Engineering Excellence: Establish and evangelize technical standards, code quality, reliability, and operational maturity

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of experience in a technical capacity as an individual contributorTeam player in areas such as Privileged Access Management, workload identity management, LDAP, secrets management, or trust systems
• Strong systems engineering background with deep experience in Linux, networking, and distributed systems
• Demonstrated expertise in modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust) and infrastructure tooling (e.g., Terraform, Vault, Consul, Chef)
• Passionate about demos, feedback-driven work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts for varying audiences and produce clear and comprehensive documentation
• A collaborative mindset with experience working across cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of respect, knowledge sharing and innovation influencing technical decisions at the org level

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Implementing zero-trust architectures or identity-aware access proxies
• Designing scalable secrets lifecycle management workflows
• Working with PKI and certificate automation at scale
• Contributing to open source identity or security tooling
• Experience in cutting edge technologies (e.g. SPIFE/SPIRE, modern PAM tooling)

This position will require you to be available during core business hours. It will also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on-call coverage.

This position is also open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

• San Francisco, CA
• New York, NY
• Denver, CO

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220- $217,464

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

• medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Family planning
• mental health support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)
• Flexible Vacation policy
• up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
• 401(k) (including company match)
• an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 12 paid local holidays
• 12 paid company wellness days

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We value diversity.Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate.Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [e-mail] or 501-287-4901.

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