Software Engineer – Platform Observability and Intelligence

WebHosting; New York (NY); Hybride; USD 155 000 - 186 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Family planning

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Accident Insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Flexible vacation

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Résumé du poste

Fastly is seeking a full-stack Software Engineer for Platform Observability and Intelligence (POI). You will contribute to internal observability tools, the developer portal, and data pipelines to inform cost, capacity planning, and business insights.

The role is mid-level, offering growth opportunities, cross-team collaboration, and ownership of larger features over time. Hybrid/remote US location with core hours; travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Generalist mid-level engineer with a few years of experience.
• Interest in observability, platforms, and developer experience is a plus.
• Ability to work across multiple teams and own tasks from start to finish.

Responsabilités

• Design, build and maintain software and platform capabilities for Fastly’s internal observability.
• Help develop the internal developer portal to help engineers discover services and tooling.
• Break down project requirements into concrete tasks and own them through to completion.
• Communicate status and raise issues early; write clear updates.
• Collaborate with other engineers on code reviews and share knowledge.
• Participate in team planning and retrospectives.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents within SLA.

Description du poste

Software Engineer – Platform Observability and Intelligence

Fastly ·United States, New York City, NY / San Francisco, CA

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: 10/05/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/05/2026

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

Software Engineer

We are looking for a full-stack software engineer to join Fastly’s Platform Observability and Intelligence (POI) team.

The POI team is responsible for:

• Fastly’s internal observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, and more), spanning cloud infrastructure and physical hardware.
• Fastly’s internal developer portal, built on Backstage.
• An internal set of tools and data pipelines that synthesize network and financial data to provide insights into network costs, capacity planning, and related business concerns.

We are specifically looking for someone to contribute to the first two items on this list, though you will work across all of our software.

This is a generalist, mid-level position, ideal for someone with a few years of experience who is seeking to grow their career. We are looking for an engineer who is curious, proactive, and eager to grow into an impactful role. You will work broadly and deeply, contribute meaningfully to projects that affect how Fastly engineers understand and operate their services, and build toward owning larger pieces of work over time.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build and maintain software and platform capabilities that power Fastly’s internal observability function and developer experience
• Contribute to the development of our internal developer portal, helping engineering teams discover services, documentation, and operational tooling all in one place
• Work with your team to break down project requirements into concrete tasks, and take ownership of your assigned work through to completion
• Communicate clearly about the status of your work and any problems you encounter. Write useful updates, ask good questions, and raise issues early rather than at the deadline
• Collaborate with other engineers on the team. Provide thoughtful code review and share context and knowledge.
• Participate constructively in team planning and retrospectives
• Participate in on-call rotation as required, and respond to incidents within the team’s SLA while on-call.

Technical skills:

Ways of working:

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

Work Hours:

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:

• New York, NY

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.

The estimated salary range for this position is $155,370 to $186,444.

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.

A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

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.