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Senior Software Engineer, Edge Security

Fastly · San Francisco, CA · posted 10 days ago

In short: Senior Software Engineer, Edge Security at Fastly in San Francisco, CA, posted 10 days ago.

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The job

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EmployerFastly
LocationSan Francisco, California
FieldTechnology › Software engineering
Levelnot stated
Source categorySecurity Engineering
Posted2026-10-30 (10 days ago)
Work arrangementOn-site at the location listed
PayNot published in the source listing

Job description

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.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Posting Open Date: 09/09/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/01/2026

Senior Software Engineer - Security Products

The Security Products group is responsible for developing and maintaining a range of security related products at Fastly. We are made up of multifaceted teams that work together to build industry leading security products that our customers rely on to secure their infrastructure. We are looking for a full-time engineer with experience developing web applications. This role is for a backend engineer developing primarily in Go, but experience with other languages (C, Rust etc.) is useful.

What You'll Do:

What We're Looking For: 

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

Work Hours: 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: 

This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in the following locations: North America

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220 to $217,464. 

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), 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.

AI Statement

To ensure a fair and equitable interview process for everyone, the use of AI technologies—including real-time transcription tools, automated scripts, AI copilots, or external assistants—is strictly prohibited during the interview process unless explicitly authorized by the company in advance. Unauthorized use of AI tools may result in disqualification.

Why Fastly?

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.

All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.

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 candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

Fastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please see our privacy notice for job applicants.

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About the role

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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.

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The city

The job is in San Francisco, CA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How San Francisco compares. Among the 145 largest places in California, San Francisco is #4 by population, #139 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #20 for remote work (#1 = most), #25 for college degrees (#1 = most). Its county, San Francisco County, is #3 of 58 counties for average pay ($174,103).

The place in numbers

San Francisco has 830,235 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 2.1% of the population of California. It covers 47 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 17,784 people per square mile. The median age is 40.0, 6% older than the state median (40.0 against 37.9).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,476 a month (rent plus utilities), 22% above the state median ($2,476 against $2,036). Over a year that is 21.1% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $1,394,500, which is 9.9 times the median household income ($140,970); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 38.2% of households own their home, 32% below the state average (38.2% against 55.9%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area has 2,373,920 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $74,260 a year, 46% above the national median ($74,260 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (226,320 jobs, median $62,120); management (223,100 jobs, median $176,340); business and financial operations (207,030 jobs, median $112,960). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.9 times) and life, physical, and social science (1.8 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($176,340) and computer and mathematical ($167,770). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of San Francisco County was 4.0%. 69.6% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in San Francisco County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 28.6% drive alone, 18.7% use public transit, 9.3% walk, 31.0% work from home. 21.6% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 11% above the state average (21.6% against 19.4%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

60.3% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 63% above the state share (60.3% against 37.1%). 34.0% of residents were born outside the United States, 26% above the state share (34.0% against 27.0%). The poverty rate is 11.2%, 7% below the state rate (11.2% against 12.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Sep, averaging 59°F (14.9°C), and the coolest is Apr at 53°F (11.6°C). About 515 mm (20 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (112 mm) and Jul the driest (2 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Daly City (31 miles, rent 3% higher); Pacifica (31 miles, rent 25% higher); San Bruno (34 miles, rent 12% higher); Millbrae (36 miles, rent 32% higher). Rent differences are against San Francisco; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of San Francisco, CA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅Distance from the job city ⇅Median rent ⇅Median home value ⇅Median household income ⇅Commute 45+ min ⇅Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅Open jobs there ⇅
San Francisco, CA0 mi$2,476$1,394,500$140,97021.6%n/aJobs
Daly City, CA31 mi$2,551$1,115,000$123,54719.6%n/aJobs
Pacifica, CA31 mi$3,098$1,249,800$160,52315.5%n/a—
San Bruno, CA34 mi$2,773$1,207,500$141,27212.2%n/a—
Millbrae, CA36 mi$3,272$1,934,900$163,47621.8%n/a—
Brisbane, CA36 mi$2,574$1,232,200$156,16929.8%n/a—
South San Francisco, CA36 mi$2,802$1,188,800$136,57815.2%n/a—
Half Moon Bay, CA37 mi$2,433$1,549,500$157,88426.7%n/a—
Burlingame, CA38 mi$2,785$2,000,001$174,00023.1%n/a—
Richmond, CA40 mi$1,960$668,200$95,39128.8%n/a—
San Mateo, CA41 mi$3,077$1,618,700$153,50415.8%n/a—
Berkeley, CA41 mi$2,133$1,413,900$108,09220.8%n/aJobs
Alameda, CA42 mi$2,474$1,235,700$137,69727.3%n/aJobs
Belmont, CA43 mi$2,875$2,000,001$205,29718.6%n/aJobs
Oakland, CA44 mi$1,979$929,900$101,60021.9%n/aJobs
Foster City, CA44 mi$3,501$1,838,200$199,14320.6%n/aJobs
San Carlos, CA45 mi$2,854$2,000,001$237,47014.9%n/aJobs
Redwood City, CA47 mi$2,968$1,801,700$157,81410.2%n/aJobs
San Leandro, CA48 mi$2,186$844,200$101,42023.7%n/a—
Atherton, CA49 mi$3,501$2,000,001$250,0017.0%n/a—

Career paths

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Cybersecurity (512) Data, analytics and AI (2461) Cloud, IT and infrastructure (743) Product management (570)

Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far San Francisco, CA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅Population of that city ⇅
San Francisco, CA0 mi830,235
San Jose, CA73 mi990,138
Los Angeles, CA364 mi3,857,263
San Diego, CA475 mi1,389,526
Phoenix, AZ678 mi1,642,323
Seattle, WA684 mi754,195
Denver, CO986 mi718,877
Oklahoma City, OK1,420 mi697,125
Fort Worth, TX1,484 mi963,194
Dallas, TX1,515 mi1,307,930
San Antonio, TX1,516 mi1,479,835
Austin, TX1,530 mi979,539
Houston, TX1,673 mi2,328,253
Chicago, IL1,885 mi2,711,226
Indianapolis, IN1,979 mi885,860
Columbus, OH2,142 mi914,802
Charlotte, NC2,332 mi903,844
Jacksonville, FL2,403 mi977,670
Philadelphia, PA2,550 mi1,579,706
New York, NY2,602 mi8,483,844

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

Sort:
City ⇅Straight-line distance ⇅Open jobs ⇅
Alameda, CA42 mi38
Belmont, CA43 mi2
Redwood City, CA47 mi30
Palo Alto, CA54 mi217
Sunnyvale, CA60 mi19
Fremont, CA62 mi2
Pleasanton, CA63 mi6
Milpitas, CA66 mi2
Campbell, CA67 mi7
San Jose, CA73 mi664
Capitola, CA79 mi1
Sacramento, CA103 mi49

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