Frontend Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA, United States

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.

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Frontend Software Engineer - Infrastructure Tools

We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who will help us to develop and improve capacity planning and infrastructure management tools. You will play a critical role in increasing the productivity and operational efficiency of multiple teams by providing them with UX that they will use in their day-to-day tasks.

Your projects will range from adding a feature to an existing web application, or re-factoring user permission admin panel, to creating a full-fledged new app, e.g. one that displays a multi-month forecast of capacity exhaustion process.

What You'll Do

Implement UI features on top of our internal/external API

Improve robustness of the existing UI React components and hooks

Transform legacy web-applications to modern stack-based apps

Work with data and API engineers to create new tools

Collaborate with stakeholders on solving their problems with new tool features

What We're Looking For

2+ years professional experience as a front end developer writing React components

Expert Javascript/Typescript experience

Solid knowledge of HTML/CSS concepts

Experience using various REST API endpoints

Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, readiness to give and receive constructive feedback

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

Experience in developing data visualization or data-intensive UI

Experience using Tailwind CSS Framework

Programming in other languages, especially Go, Rust, or Python

Any experience using WASM modules

Understanding of complex distributed systems (including but not limited to “how does a CDN work?”)

Work Hours:

This position will require you to be available during core business hours and may require future participation in on-call support rotation. Candidates outside of New York should expect to work hours that have significant overlap with the Eastern time zone for team collaboration.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to candidates in any Fastly US office; There is a preference for candidates in:

New York City, NY

Relocation assistance is NOT provided for this position.

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $133,200 to $166,500.

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), an open 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 2023, we offer 10 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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