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 Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Posting Open Date: Feb 21, 2025

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: March 21, 2025

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

Staff Engineer - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)

Join our Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) team as a Staff Engineer and help shape the future of identity management. Youll play a key role in building secure, scalable solutions that seamlessly empower organizations to manage user identities, access control, and authentication. Our team is dedicated to delivering innovative, user-friendly experiences that enhance security while simplifying identity management. If youre a passionate engineer looking to make a real impact in a fast-growing space, wed love to have you on board.

What Youll Do:

Lead the design, development, and deployment of APIs and applications within our Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) systems, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability
Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on CIAM processes and solutions, aligning with industry best practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, to integrate and optimize authentication and authorization strategies across the organization
Establish a strong partnership with Product and Project Management, shaping a clear technical roadmap, prioritizing key initiatives, and proactively identifying and mitigating risks
Mentor and support the professional growth of engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing, innovation, and collaboration within the team

What Were Looking For:

At least 7 years of related engineering experience, preferably building large distributed systems
Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), with a proven ability to design and develop scalable, high-performance, and secure APIs
Strong understanding of service-to-service authentication and secure communication protocols
Familiarity with modern development practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and microservices architecture
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and comprehensive documentation
A collaborative mindset with experience working across cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and innovation
Proven ability to mentor and support the growth of engineers, both within a specific area of expertise and more broadly

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

Hands-on experience with authentication standards and technologies, including JWT and OIDC
Proficiency in CIAM technologies such as SSO, SAML, OAuth, and SCIM, with a track record of successful implementations
Hands-on experience with Keycloak
Hands-on experience using authorization frameworks like OPA
Hands-on experience with React

Work Hours:

This position will require you to be available during core business hours and occasionally nights and weekends as required for on call support.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Denver, CO

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

There is a strong preference for Hybrid candidates near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

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 $195,720 - $234,864.

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 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

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 love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
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.

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.

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.

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