Senior Solutions Engineer

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys 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. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including GitHub Yelp Paramount and JetBlue.

Were building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Posting Open Date: 8/26/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 10/30/2026

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

Senior Security Solutions Engineer

The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for helping customers achieve effective security policy outcomes using Fastlys suite of security offerings. This role requires in-depth technical knowledge of Fastlys security products particularly the Fastly Next-Gen WAF as well as expertise in web application security best practices and trends.

They collaborate with customers to understand their security requirements and work with them to architect implement and maintain secure and performant solutions to meet their security challenges. The candidate will be central to the customer journey from initial deployment and on-boarding to ongoing customization ensuring a secure and reliable experience.

What Youll Do:

• Onboarding new customers to Fastly specialized in Fastly Security Products.

• Deeply understand customer security requirements and architect implement and maintain a secure and performant Next-Gen WAF solutions across various deployment models (Edge WAF Cloud WAF On-Prem WAF).

• Provide existing customers guidance on additional features health checks and performance tuning.

• Write and present training materials to customers and internal teams

• Assist with pre-sales activities including Proof-of-Concept work and architectural guidance for our pre-sales teams.

What Were Looking For:

• At least 4 years of total experience in Solutions Engineering or a similar customer-facing technical role.

• Experience creating and delivering advanced web and security solutions for enterprise customers (3 years preferred).

• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of web application security concepts (e.g. OWASP Top 10 DDoS and rate limiting etc)

• Deep understanding of common internet protocols particularly HTTP & TLS and related troubleshooting tools and techniques (e.g. curl dig tcpdump).

• Experience with project management including analyzing a projects requirements designing and documenting a solution and delivering that to successful completion

Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Experience in developing applications in Rust Go or Javascript

• Industry-recognized security or cloud service/edge compute provider certifications (e.g. CISSP CISA AWS GCP).

• Experience writing/decoding security exploits and vulnerabilities.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish written and verbally.

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to work during scheduled hours from 9am to 6pm MST or CST

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

• It may also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on-call coverage.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

• Denver

• San Francisco

• US Central

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 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.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $123330.00 to $147996.00.

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 Fastlys 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.

Why Fastly

• We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and 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 were 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.

Were 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.

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