Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security

Fastly, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 181.000 - 217.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Equity / Stock Purchase Program

Flexible vacation

Paid sick leave

Zusammenfassung

Fastly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Platform Security to drive trust and identity infrastructure, scale internal auth, and secure access across services.

You will partner with Product, Security, Compliance, and other Engineering teams to design PKI, secrets management, and authentication services while promoting reliability and security.

This role supports hybrid or remote US locations with a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in a technical IC role focusing on trust and identity infrastructure.
• Strong Linux, networking and distributed systems background.
• Proficiency in Go, Python or Rust and infrastructure tooling.

Aufgaben

• Define long-term vision for trust and identity infra and translate into execution plans.
• Design and implement scalable internal trust solutions (PKI, secrets management, authentication).
• Own complex, cross-functional initiatives with org-wide impact and reliability focus.
• Promote engineering standards, code quality, and operational maturity.

Kenntnisse

Platform security

Identity infrastructure

Go / Python / Rust

Distributed systems

Linux

Networking

Vault / Terraform / Consul / Chef

Demos / feedback-driven work

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Vault

Consul

Chef

Jobbeschreibung

the company helps people stay better connected with the things they love. the company’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. the company’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.

Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security

the company 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 the company’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 the company’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 elevate.
• 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.

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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

the company 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.

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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 the company’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

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Benefits:

We care about you. the company 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 the company. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 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 are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

Why the company?

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We have a huge impact.

the company is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number ofopen 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.

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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.

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We are passionate.

the company is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. the company 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.

We’re always looking for humble,