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Staff Software Engineer, Compute Platform

Fastly · Denver, CO · posted 34 days ago

In short: Staff Software Engineer, Compute Platform at Fastly in Denver, CO, posted 34 days ago.

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Denver, COlocation
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34 days agoposted
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The job

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EmployerFastly
LocationDenver, Colorado
FieldTechnology › Software engineering
Levelnot stated
Source categoryCompute Engineering
Posted2026-10-06 (34 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: 10/01/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/31/2026

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Staff Software Engineer, Compute Platform

This team builds the platform for Fastly’s Compute – an advanced serverless platform built on open standards which runs on our global edge network. It’s designed to address the requirements of modern application development by empowering customers to run code in a highly secure execution environment with microsecond cold start times, at scale, on the edge.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join this multifaceted team and help scale our hosting infrastructure. In addition to nuts-and-bolts networking and systems-level work, this role will involve cross-team collaboration, and designing high quality APIs for our customers to use services developed by other teams. There is also opportunity to contribute to open source projects (like Wasmtime) that are key parts of the Compute story. 

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 open to Hybrid and Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.  

We are also willing to consider remote candidates in the United States.

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 $211,370- $253,644.

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 designed to meet your needs. Our offerings may vary depending on the country where you work and are subject to change.

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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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 Denver, CO. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Denver compares. Among the 80 largest places in Colorado, Denver is #1 by population, #76 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #21 for remote work (#1 = most), #27 for college degrees (#1 = most). Its county, Denver County, is #2 of 64 counties for average pay ($101,834).

The place in numbers

Denver has 718,877 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 12.3% of the population of Colorado. It covers 153 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 4,696 people per square mile. The median age is 35.3, 6% younger than the state median (35.3 against 37.7).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,831 a month (rent plus utilities), 4% above the state median ($1,831 against $1,761). Over a year that is 23.2% 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 $616,000, which is 6.5 times the median household income ($94,718); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 48.8% of households own their home, 26% below the state average (48.8% against 66.2%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area has 1,609,350 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $62,320 a year, 22% above the national median ($62,320 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are business and financial operations (169,260 jobs, median $96,450); office and administrative support (168,520 jobs, median $53,050); sales and related (165,560 jobs, median $49,730). The area is most specialised in architecture and engineering (1.6 times) and computer and mathematical (1.6 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($160,810) and legal ($132,690). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Denver County was 4.4%. 74.2% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Denver County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 56.1% drive alone, 3.8% use public transit, 3.6% walk, 27.3% work from home. 11.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 22% below the state average (11.0% against 14.1%). 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

56.5% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 24% above the state share (56.5% against 45.7%). 14.5% of residents were born outside the United States, 47% above the state share (14.5% against 9.8%). The poverty rate is 11.2%, 19% above the state rate (11.2% against 9.4%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 75°F (24.1°C), and the coolest is Dec at 30°F (-1.1°C). About 448 mm (18 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (65 mm) and Jan the driest (20 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: Four Square Mile (6 miles, similar rent); Welby (7 miles, rent 10% lower); Sherrelwood (8 miles, rent 7% lower); Berkley (8 miles, similar rent). Rent differences are against Denver; 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 Denver, CO 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 ⇅
Denver, CO0 mi$1,831$616,000$94,71811.0%n/aJobs
Four Square Mile, CO6 mi$1,833$474,200$80,90313.8%n/a—
Welby, CO7 mi$1,656$385,000$80,02612.3%n/a—
Sherrelwood, CO8 mi$1,702$432,200$75,32716.6%n/a—
Berkley, CO8 mi$1,777$468,100$84,63710.8%n/a—
Aurora, CO9 mi$1,835$469,100$88,36816.4%n/aJobs
Commerce City, CO10 mi$1,880$499,700$111,97218.2%n/a—
Englewood, CO10 mi$1,668$572,900$86,8009.1%n/aJobs
Federal Heights, CO10 mi$1,687$95,300$56,59724.7%n/a—
Greenwood Village, CO10 mi$2,123$1,237,800$149,0295.6%n/a—
Cherry Creek, CO11 mi$2,093$888,900$153,7769.8%n/a—
Thornton, CO11 mi$1,895$517,500$103,08820.5%n/a—
Northglenn, CO12 mi$1,775$462,100$84,03015.4%n/a—
Centennial, CO12 mi$2,148$658,100$131,92812.8%n/aJobs
Wheat Ridge, CO12 mi$1,579$623,000$90,56410.2%n/a—
Westminster, CO13 mi$1,882$532,400$100,27214.9%n/a—
Lakewood, CO13 mi$1,806$574,400$89,79212.9%n/a—
Littleton, CO14 mi$1,819$630,600$98,83912.7%n/aJobs
Brighton, CO15 mi$1,779$499,500$107,67923.2%n/aJobs
Arvada, CO15 mi$1,888$632,600$117,34813.9%n/aJobs

Career paths

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Cybersecurity (713) Data, analytics and AI (3366) Cloud, IT and infrastructure (1040) Product management (836)

Distances

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

How far Denver, CO 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 ⇅
Denver, CO0 mi718,877
Oklahoma City, OK500 mi697,125
Phoenix, AZ585 mi1,642,323
Fort Worth, TX639 mi963,194
Dallas, TX660 mi1,307,930
Austin, TX768 mi979,539
San Antonio, TX798 mi1,479,835
San Diego, CA833 mi1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA845 mi3,857,263
Houston, TX874 mi2,328,253
Chicago, IL909 mi2,711,226
San Jose, CA930 mi990,138
San Francisco, CA986 mi830,235
Indianapolis, IN993 mi885,860
Seattle, WA1,024 mi754,195
Columbus, OH1,158 mi914,802
Charlotte, NC1,351 mi903,844
Jacksonville, FL1,460 mi977,670
Philadelphia, PA1,570 mi1,579,706
New York, NY1,625 mi8,483,844

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅Straight-line distance ⇅Open jobs ⇅
Aurora, CO9 mi44
Boulder, CO27 mi9
Longmont, CO30 mi2
Cheyenne, WY95 mi3

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