Fastly

Senior Cloud Engineer

Fastly · San Francisco, CA

Posted about 2 months ago · $122,280 to $172,632

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
55 days
Fastly's roles stay open a median of 55 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
67% of Fastly's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Fastly
high
37 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
2026-09-27

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 a Senior Cloud Engineer at Fastly, you will act as a trusted advocate for customers, helping them optimize their use of the Fastly platform. Your role involves developing technical relationships, assisting with post-sales implementation, and providing solutions to customer challenges. You will also track customer account health and participate in regular meetings to discuss strategies and updates.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
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

  • 5+ years Pre-Sales or Post-Sales experience in Sales Engineering, Web Development, Customer facing DevOps Engineer, Technical Account Management, or Solutions Architect
  • Understanding of networking, including BGP, internet routing, and the difference between transit and peering
  • Understanding of HTTP/s, TCP, TLS, DNS, HLS, DASH, Load Balancing, Apache, NGINX
  • Hands-on experience with Linux and scripting languages/tools such as Python, Sed, Awk, Perl, JSON, Ruby, GO, Node.js
  • Experience with internet and cloud based architecture as well as an understanding of bare metal deployments as well as cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Empathy and understanding of the customer

Nice to have

  • Experience with Varnish, Varnish Configuration Language
  • Streaming video/audio technologies or experience in e-commerce technologies/solutions
  • Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries

What you get

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Family planning, mental health support along with 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)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed in the posting, but a range is provided
  • Role requires hands-on technical work and customer interaction, which may not suit all candidates
  • Position may require occasional travel and flexible hours based on customer needs

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Listed by Fastly on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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