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 Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.
We’re building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Posting Open Date: August 15, 2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: October 14, 2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Customer Support Engineer
Fastly is seeking Customer Support Engineers to diagnose and debug customer issues with technical curiosity. Candidates should excel in communication, confidently guiding customers through complex problems. A passion for customer advocacy is essential, as CSEs will collaborate with product, engineering, and sales teams. The role involves handling a diverse range of technical support and networking tickets, while ensuring high standards of service. Ideal candidates will have a strong written voice and a comprehensive understanding of Fastly’s products.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage and debug customer CDN configurations over email and chat
- Communicate customer needs and requirements with the engineering, product and sales teams
- Contribute to our customer-facing and internal-facing documentation, when necessary
- Contribute to the processes and policies that scale our support organization as we grow
What We’re Looking For:
- Recommended minimum of 2+ years of experience in customer support or sysadmin role
- Strong written communication skills and analytical skills with experience supporting customers via email, chat, ticketing system or phone
- Demonstrated understanding of one or more programming languages
- Demonstrated understanding of *nix environment
- Ability to debug connections using cURL, MTRs/traceroute, nc or other network diagnostic tools
- Understanding of networking, including, BGP, internet routing, and the difference between transit and peering
- Understanding of HTTP/s Request/Response Cycle TCP, TLS, DNS, Apache, NGINX
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience, major in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus
- Experience with Varnish, Varnish Configuration Language
- Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries
Work Hours:
- This position is available for one the following schedules:
- Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 8pm PST
- Sunday - Thursday 11am - 8pm PST
- Tuesday - Saturday 7am - 4pm EST
- This position will require an estimated 12-24 hours per month on-call.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in the following locations: East Coast USA, West Coast USA or Remote USA willing to work the required days and hours.
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home if within a commutable distance to a Fastly office.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position is $72,000 to $100,000.
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 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 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 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 love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
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.
We’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.
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 [email protected] or 501-287-4901.
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