Principal Software Engineer

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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Principal Software Engineer - Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM)

Join our dynamic Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) team as a Principal Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in building cutting-edge solutions that empower organizations to seamlessly manage their users' identities and profile data from a centralized platform. Our CIAM team is committed to helping customers take control of their users' access to services by providing advanced access control mechanisms, innovative authentication methods, progressive profiling, and a unified identity experience.

We are looking for passionate, highly skilled software engineers with a can-do attitude to join our team and be an integral part of our mission. If you're eager to make a significant impact and contribute to the growth of a thriving CIAM ecosystem, we would love to have you on board. Let's build something remarkable together!

• Spearhead the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of applications encompassing our Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) systems and solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and share expert guidance on CIAM processes and solutions, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineers across the organization to integrate and optimize our authorization and authentication strategy and implementation, fostering a cohesive and efficient approach.
• Building solid relationships with project and Product Management teams to establish a comprehensive technical roadmap, prioritize tasks, and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Mentor and nurture the growth of fellow engineers within the team, fostering an environment of knowledge sharing, innovation, and collaboration.

Work hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours & to participate in the on-call support rotation as needed.

• Basic Qualifications:

• Hands-on expertise 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 implementation.
• Familiarity with service-to-service authentication and secure communication protocols.
• A strong background in software architecture and design, focusing on scalability, performance, and security.
• Familiarity with modern development practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and microservices architecture.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, proven to produce clear and comprehensive documentation.
• A collaborative mindset and experience working effectively with cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and innovation.
• You demonstrate the ability to grow other engineers and mentor engineers in your specific area of expertise and junior engineers more broadly.

• Hands-on experience with Keycloak 
• Hands-on experience using authorization frameworks like OPA  
• Golang, Java, or Ruby experience 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

• This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in 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 $211,370 to $264,220. 

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), an open 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 2023, we offer 10 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. 
• 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.

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 [email protected] or 501-287-4901.  

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