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: May 6, 2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: May 27, 2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering
The Platform Trust & Orchestration Team at Fastly plays a critical role in maintaining and evolving the platform that powers a significant portion of internet traffic worldwide. This team delivers Cloud Orchestration and PKI solutions across a global network that spans six continents and boasts over 353 terabits per second of connected capacity.
As the Engineering Manager of the Platform Trust & Orchestration Team, you will lead a group of highly skilled Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) whose work is essential to the performance and security of Fastly’s platform services. You will foster a collaborative, technically rigorous environment that empowers SREs to grow and deliver impactful results. You will support the team’s operational success by developing robust support structures, designing scalable systems, and advancing self-service tooling initiatives. These initiatives include critical internal projects such as Internal Certificate Management and the orchestration tool, Chef and similar systems.
This is not a traditional “keep the lights on” operational role. While reliability remains critical, the real focus here is on innovation—driving strategic improvements, building foundational infrastructure for the future, and shaping how secure orchestration and trust services evolve at Fastly and beyond.
What You’ll Do:
- Own the technical roadmap for Platform Trust & Orchestration systems while advocating for continuous improvement across the organization.
- Lead and mentor a distributed, high‑performing team of software and infrastructure engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, reliability, and security across Fastly’s global platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders using a product-owner mindset to define clear roadmaps and priorities.
- Clearly communicate upward and outward to set expectations for roadmaps and deliverables with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What We’re Looking For:
- 3+ years experience managing Platform or Site Reliability Engineering teams.
- 8+ years of related technical experience with distributed systems and infrastructure as code.
- Demonstrated ability to drive a durable technical roadmap and facilitate effective collaboration in cross-functional teams.
- Experience building and automating large scale production infrastructure in public cloud and on-prem environments. Using TFE or similar technologies.
- Extensive hands on experience working in a Linux environment with a solid understanding of system internals and performance optimization.
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- Experience with Kubernetes, PKI, and configuration management tools like Chef.
- Proficiency in Python or Go.
- Migrating physical or cloud-based workloads to new hosting platforms.
- Experience collaborating with compliance/security teams.
Work Hours:
This position will require you to be available during core business hours for the US Eastern Time zone, and occasional nights and weekends as needed for on-call support.
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
- Denver, CO
- San Francisco, CA
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 the New York 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.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position is $195,750 to $234,864.
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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