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[Remote] Senior Manager, Engineering - Platform Security

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fastly is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead its Platform Security team and advance foundational infrastructure services. The role sets the multi-year technical vision, develops engineering teams, and drives cross-organizational improvements in security, reliability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term strategic vision and multi-year technical roadmap for the Platform Security domain, ensuring these investments align with Fastly’s overall business and security objectives
  • Oversee and develop a high-performing team that includes engineers and principal-level individual contributors, focusing on organizational structure, talent development, and scaling team capabilities to meet future demand
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders using a product-owner mindset to define clear roadmaps and priorities
  • Drive organizational-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence, reliability, and security, establishing metrics and accountability across all platform services
  • Clearly communicate the function’s strategy, progress, and risk profile to executive leadership and technical stakeholders across the company
  • While you will not be expected to write code, you will need to leverage deep, related technical experience to succeed in this role

Skills

  • 4+ years of experience managing Platform or Site Reliability Engineering teams
  • 10+ years of related technical experience with distributed systems and infrastructure as code
  • Demonstrated ability to drive a durable technical roadmap and facilitate effective collaboration in cross-functional teams
  • Experience with secrets and workload identity management, including using tools like SPIFFE, SPIRE, HashiCorp Vault, etc
  • Experience building and automating large scale production infrastructure in public cloud and on-prem environments. Using TFE or similar technologies
  • Extensive hands on experience working in a Linux environment with a solid understanding of system internals and performance optimization
  • Experience with Kubernetes, PKI, and configuration management tools like Chef
  • Proficiency in Python or Go
  • Migrating physical or cloud-based workloads to new hosting platforms
  • Experience collaborating with compliance/security teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package starting on the first day of employment, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Family planning support.
  • Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program.
  • Life, disability, and accident insurance.
  • Flexible Vacation policy.
  • Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave.
  • 401(k), including company match.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • For 2026, 11 paid local holidays and 12 paid company wellness days.
  • May be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
  • Largely hybrid work model, allowing employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home; strong preference for hybrid near a local office. Exceptionally qualified remote candidates within the US may be considered.

Company Overview

  • Fastly helps digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering secure and online experiences. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.fastly.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Fastly has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 16 in 2026, 8 in 2025, 10 in 2024, 7 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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