Senior Solutions Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible vacation policy

Paid sick leave

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase

Local holidays

Wellness days

Job summary

Fastly in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Security Solutions Engineer to help customers achieve secure policy outcomes using Fastly’s security offerings, including Next-Gen WAF. You will architect, implement, and maintain secure, high-performance solutions while guiding customers from onboarding to ongoing optimization.

You’ll collaborate with customers to understand security requirements, provide architectural guidance, contribute to training, and assist with pre-sales activities and PoCs

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in web application security and Next-Gen WAF.
• Experience architecting secure, high-performance security solutions.
• Strong communication and customer collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new customers and narrow security requirements for Fastly Security Products.
• Architect, implement, and maintain secure Next-Gen WAF solutions across Edge, Cloud, and On-Prem deployments.
• Provide guidance on features, health checks, and performance tuning for existing customers.
• Write and present training materials to customers and internal teams.

Job description

Fastly ·United States, San Francisco, CA

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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.

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

Work Hours:

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.