Senior Solutions Engineer

Fastly; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Fastly seeks a Senior Security Solutions Engineer to help customers implement secure, high-performance policies using Fastly’s security suite. You will architect, deploy, and optimize Next-Gen WAF across edge, cloud, and on-prem environments, ensuring robust security and reliability.

You’ll partner with customers from onboarding through ongoing optimization, addressing requirements and delivering tailored solutions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Solutions, Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience delivering advanced web and security solutions for enterprise customers (3+ years preferred).
• Strong knowledge of web application security concepts (OWASP Top 10, DDoS, rate limiting).

Responsibilities

• Onboard new customers to Fastly Security Products and secure deployments.
• Architect, implement, and maintain Next-Gen WAF solutions across Edge/Cloud/On-Prem models.
• Guide customers on features, health checks, and performance tuning.

Skills

Security engineering

Next-Gen WAF

Web security concepts

Customer-facing

HTTP/TLS knowledge

Pre-sales support

Tools

curl

tcpdump

dig

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: 8/26/2026 Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 10/30/2026 *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Senior Security Solutions Engineer

The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for helping customers achieve effective security policy outcomes using Fastly's suite of security offerings. This role requires in-depth technical knowledge of Fastly's security products, particularly the Fastly Next-Gen WAF, as well as expertise in web application security best practices and trends. They collaborate with customers to understand their security requirements and work with them to architect, implement, and maintain secure and performant solutions to meet their security challenges. The candidate will be central to the customer journey, from initial deployment and on-boarding to ongoing customization, ensuring a secure and reliable experience.

What You'll Do

• Onboarding new customers to Fastly, specialized in Fastly Security Products.
• Deeply understand customer security requirements, and architect, implement, and maintain a secure and performant Next-Gen WAF solutions across various deployment models (Edge WAF, Cloud WAF, On-Prem WAF).
• Provide existing customers guidance on additional features, health checks, and performance tuning.
• Write and present training materials to customers and internal teams
• Assist with pre-sales activities, including Proof-of-Concept work and architectural guidance for our pre-sales teams.

What We're Looking For

• At least 4+ years of total experience in Solutions, Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience creating and delivering advanced web and security solutions for enterprise customers (3+ years preferred).
• Strong knowledge and hands‑on experience of web application security concepts (e.g., OWASP Top 10, DDoS, and rate limiting etc)
• Deep understanding of common internet protocols, particularly HTTP & TLS, and related troubleshooting tools and techniques (e.g., curl, dig, tcpdump).
• Experience with project management, including analyzing a project's requirements, designing and documenting a solution, and delivering that to successful completion.

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

• Experience in developing applications in Rust, Go, or Javascript
• Industry-recognized security or cloud service/edge compute provider certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, AWS, GCP).
• Experience writing/decoding security exploits and vulnerabilities.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish, written and verbally.

Work Hours

This position will require you to work during scheduled hours from 9am to 6pm MST or CST. This position will require you to be available during core business hours. It may also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on‑call coverage.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations. The preferred locations for this position are: Denver San Francisco US Central. 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.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $123,330.00 to $147,996.00. 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 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 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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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