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# Senior Engineer - Developer Experience

- **Company:** Fastly, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $181,220.0 - $217,464.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, System Programming, Cloud Platform System, Functional Programming, Api Design
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5a2a511e065e1f3c

## About the Role

* You have at least 5 years of software development experience, with at least 3 of those in high-reliability systems programming, ideally in Rust, alternately in C/C++, and some knowledge of functional programming
 * You have a minimum of 2 years of experience with distributed or cloud systems
 * Comfortable writing asynchronous, concurrent code

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

 * Experience with Rust or other systems languages
 * Experience with API design
 * Experience with WebAssembly and its ecosystem
 * Experience with and interest in technical writing
 * Experience with and interest in public speaking
 * History of open source contribution

Work Hours:

 * This position will require you to be available during core business hours, with a strong preference for US Eastern and Central time zones.

## Description

* Be responsible for a developer tool which provides critical capabilities for Fastly's customers
 * Ensure that the tool provides faithful emulation of the production environment while also offering controls to influence the behavior of the emulated environment
 * Work closely with Fastly's product and engineering management teams to develop a roadmap for the emulation tool and ensure that the roadmap stays aligned with the production environment
 * Work directly with customers who use the tool to support their usage and learn what additional functionality would be beneficial for them
 * Contribute to the Rust and WebAssembly open source ecosystems


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