Senior Engineering Manager - Containers at Edge
Fastly · Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA
Posted about 3 months ago · $228,280 to $273,936
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 79 days Fastly's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 67% of Fastly's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Fastly
- high 47 stale, 3 reposted of 49 open
- Hiring momentum
- 81 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Fastly's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Fastly.
About this role
As the Senior Engineering Manager for the Containers at the Edge team, you will lead the architecture, deployment, and management of distributed container infrastructure to support customer workloads. Your role involves hiring and developing a high-performing engineering team, defining strategic visions and technical roadmaps, and ensuring effective collaboration across teams while focusing on innovation and operational excellence.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Fastly as an employer.
What you need
- 4+ years of experience managing Software Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering teams
- 10+ years of related technical experience with distributed systems, CDN, or cloud infrastructure such as container networking, platform ownership, virtualization technology
- Extensive hands-on experience in software development using Go, Rust, or C/C++
- 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 on-prem environments within a complex and dynamic networking environment
- Extensive hands on experience working in a Linux environment with a solid understanding of system internals and performance optimization
Nice to have
- Experience participating in open source communities or standards bodies
- Experience transforming production enterprise scale environment to new technologies
- Experience adopting or operating in high compliance production environments
What you get
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Family planning and mental health support
- 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)
Worth weighing
- No remote work option mentioned unless exceptionally qualified
- Role requires availability during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends for on-call coverage
- Salary range provided, but starting salary may vary based on several factors
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Listed by Fastly on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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