Solutions Architect

• Work with new customers to integrate Fastly into their systems during their on-boarding
• Design and build technical solutions on Fastly, using VCL / Go / Rust / Javascript
• Provide existing customers guidance on additional features and performance tuning.
• Write and present training materials to customers and internal teams
• Work with Sales Engineers to build Proof Of Concepts for prospective customers
• Be the Subject Matter Expert on the Fastly Delivery and Compute platform

• Proficiency in CDN and WAF technologies, including configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Expert knowledge of HTTP and web application implementation
• Troubleshooting supporting protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, TLS)
• Basic coding knowledge, including having built projects in one of Go, JavaScript, or Rust
• Experience with customer-facing technical consultant
• Experience with project management, including analyzing a project’s requirements, designing and documenting a solution, and delivering that to successful completion
• Created training materials and mentored junior team members

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

• Experience in additional programming languages
• Written and deployed automated testing ideally on top of continuous integration / continuous deployment systems
• Worked with infrastructure automation / configuration management systems

The estimated salary range for this position is $122,280 to $172,632, 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 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

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 GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue., 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 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.