Staff Software Engineer - JavaScript Runtime & SDKs

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Fastly

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CDN • Web Performance • Video and Streaming • Cloud Security • Load Balancing

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2011

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💰 $40M Series F on 2018-07

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. • Come join us to build a more trustworthy Internet. • You will focus on the technology that powers Fastly’s Compute platform. • Empower customers to run code in a highly secure execution environment with microsecond cold start times. • Most of the work will be C++, with some Rust development. • Coordinate and communicate seamlessly with the team members and across other technical and product teams. • Contribute to code reviews, improving the codebase and other team processes. • Manage projects from a technical lead role driving project progress and communicating project status to stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of Software Engineering experience building language runtimes or doing language design. • Expert understanding of the JS ecosystem. • Expert in a C++ codebase. • A keen sense of what a good developer experience looks like and a drive to deliver it. • A willingness to dive into and learn bleeding-edge and developing technologies and mentor others. • A great teammate: communicative, collaborative, empathetic with a thoughtful, user-driven approach. • (Optional) Experience in platform or runtime development. • (Optional) Technical leadership experience in open source communities. • (Optional) Experience with Rust. • (Optional) Experience with Python. • (Optional) Experience in Wasm.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. • Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program. • Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident). • Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave. • 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. • 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.