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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.\nWe're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.\nPosting Open Date: 10/06/2026\nAnticipated Posting Close Date*: 01/30/2027\n*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.\nSenior Software Engineer, Platform Security \nFastly 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.\nYou will drive the execution of initiatives foundational to Fastly’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.\nYou will help shape Fastly’s internal trust architecture for years to come.\nWhat You'll Do:\nWork alongside peers to define the long-term vision for trust and identity infrastructure and translate it into tangible execution plans aligned with business goals\nDesign and implement scalable internal trust solutions such as secrets management, PKI, and authentication services\nOwn 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 escalate.\nPromote Engineering Excellence: Establish and evangelize technical standards, code quality, reliability, and operational maturity\nWhat We're Looking For: \n5+ 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\nStrong systems engineering background with deep experience in Linux, networking, and distributed systems\nDemonstrated expertise in modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust) and infrastructure tooling (e.g., Terraform, Vault, Consul, Chef)\nPassionate about demos, feedback-driven work\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts for varying audiences and produce clear and comprehensive documentation\nA 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\nWe’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:\nImplementing zero-trust architectures or identity-aware access proxies\nDesigning scalable secrets lifecycle management workflows\nWorking with PKI and certificate automation at scale\nContributing to open source identity or security tooling\nExperience in cutting edge technologies (e.g. SPIFE/SPIRE, modern PAM tooling) \nThis 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.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis position is also open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.\nThe preferred locations for this position are:\nSan Francisco, CA\nNew York, NY\nDenver, CO\nFastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. \nThere is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.\nThis position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement\nPursuant 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.\nSalary: \nThe estimated salary range for this position is $181,220- $217,464\nStarting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.\nThis role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nBenefits: \nWe 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? \nWe 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.\nWhy Fastly?\nWe 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nWe’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply!A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.\nAll job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @ recruiting.fastly.com email address. \nFastly 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.\nConsistent 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  501-287-4901. \nFastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy. 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