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Senior Golang Developer Nullstone Remote (United States, Canada) $120,000 to $160,000 a year
June 2021
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Nullstone is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with specialization in Golang and Terraform. This role is an opportunity to help shape an early-stage startup and earn significant ownership in the company.
You:
Someone passionate about software and infrastructure delivery who works well in an autonomous and collaborative environment. You are open to exploring new technologies, can bring creative solutions, and are a dynamic problem solver. You are also very motivated to make a lasting difference in the software and infrastructure world.
Us:
Nullstone is an early-stage startup founded by two former CTOs that have been an integral part of successful startups. We have over 30 years of combined software and infrastructure delivery experience. We have completed our first round of funding and are looking to grow. To learn more about how Nullstone will transform the software infrastructure industry please visit www.nullstone.io.
Where:
Nullstone was founded in Alpharetta, GA and offers opportunities for fully remote employment. Applications will be accepted for all candidates within the continental United States and Canada.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Build and enhance the Nullstone infrastructure deployment engine
Build, test, and launch standard Terraform modules for AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud providers
Collaborate with teammates to help solve problems with creative solutions
Research new technologies and strategies
Be a dynamic part of the team and help develop various parts of the solution depending on skills
Help promote and teach others about Nullstone through blog posts, documentation, and social media presence
Our Technology:
Golang
Terraform
Postgresql
Rails
Vuejs
Github
Microservices
AWS, GCP, Azure
Requirements:
5+ years of software development experience
3+ years of Golang development experience
3+ years of Terraform module development experience
Full stack software development experience is a plus
Argyle is a remote-first, Series A fast-growing tech startup that has reimagined how we can use employment data.
Renting an apartment, buying a car, refinancing a home, applying for a loan. The first question that they will ask you is, "how do you earn your money?" Wouldn’t you think that information foundational to our society would be simple to manage, transfer and control? Well, it’s not!
Argyle provides businesses with a single global access point to employment data. Any company can process work verifications, gain real-time transparency into earnings and view worker profile details.
We are a fun and passionate group of people, all working remotely across 19 different countries and counting. We are now looking for Senior Backend Engineers to come and join our team.
What will you do?
Experience and a big passion for API design, scalability, performance and end-to-end ownership
Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Argyle's engineering teams
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Work with engineers across the company to build new features at large-scale
Managing k8s clusters with GitOps driven approach
Operating databases with large datasets
Concurrent systems programming
What are we looking for
Enjoy and have experience building APIs
Think about systems and services and write high-quality code. We work mostly in Python & Go. However, languages can be learned: we care much more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language or framework.
Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems
Take pride in working on projects to successful completion involving a wide variety of technologies and systems.
Thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
Why Argyle?
Remote first company
International environment
Flexible working hours
Stock Options
Flexible vacation leave
$1000 after a month of employment to set up your home office.
MacBook
Argyle embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.
Backend Engineer Meter San Francisco, United States $130,000 to $210,000 a year
June 2023
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Internet and WiFi are critical to every business. Meter is building the software, operations, and hardware solutions to make getting online easier. Our mission is to make companies of all sizes more productive and secure through providing great internet infrastructure. We believe every building should come with internet, networking, and WiFi; just like water, gas, and electricity, the internet is a fundamental utility.
Unlike traditional internet solutions, Meter’s approach is vertically-integrated across engineering and operations. We design and manufacture our own hardware, develop the entire software stack, and manage our users’ network. Meter’s software and hardware solutions allow our users to focus on what’s most important to them: running their business.
We are looking for people who are excited to work on complex problems, enjoy learning and working with others, and above all, are kind and ambitious. We are building for the long term and just getting started. We'd love your help.
About the role
This role will be focused on helping scale the Meter Network Dashboard. Dashboard is at the core of how our user’s manage and observe their networks. It’s also where our future products that build on networks, will live. Meter owns the entire hardware and software stack and this enables us to unlock value for our customers at a scale not seen in the industry yet. You will be a core member of this team - helping craft the vision for this product, building the underlying data models, APIs, and working with a cross-functional team to scale this to thousands of businesses. You will also be working with large data sets that Meter collects in order to provide valuable insights to our customers.
This role is based out of our San Francisco office. Our in-office days are Tuesday - Thursday.
You will have impact by:
Making it easy for our customers to manage and observe their networks
Helping Meter scale as it increases its hardware footprint
Directly enabling your colleagues' productivity by building internal tools
Influencing the roadmap of our software teams
You might be a good fit if you have:
4+ years professional software development experience
Strong working knowledge of modern backend cloud ecosystem
Strong understanding of designing APIs and modeling data
Experience in building highly scalable architectures
GoLang or Python development experience
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
Networking experience
If you are at all interested in joining us
Tell us a little bit about yourself, why you are interested in what we are doing, and any relevant experience you have
Attach your resume
Include links to LinkedIn, GitHub, any code samples, or blog posts
The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows
$120,000 – $242,000
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Meter's equity plan.
The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the Bay Area. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors such as your skills, qualifications and experience.
Senior Systems Engineer Swish Toronto, Canada / San Francisco, United States / Remote $80,000 to $160,000 a year
October 2018
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Swish is a world-class development studio whose teams have delivered products for Google, Microsoft, Kik, Nasdaq, Factset, and other major enterprises. The blockchain engineering team at Swish is looking for talented distributed systems engineers to optimize protocol transaction throughput and network reliability for blockchains in development.
Our mission is to bring the promise of a decentralized blockchain-based future to reality for clients.
As a systems engineer, you will work with our blockchain developers, protocol researchers and clients to implement and improve on a byzantine fault tolerant blockchain architecture based on the Tendermint consensus layer, by increasing the throughput, reliability and stability of the network. This role is ideal for engineers who have experience optimizing performance and robustness of distributed systems, and are excited to be working on the cutting edge of high-performance blockchain protocol development.
You might have experience as an Unix/Linux distributed systems engineer optimizing performance and reliability for large-scale cloud servers, and be relatively new to blockchain and distributed consensus protocols. Or you might be a blockchain engineer who is very familiar with distributed consensus protocols like delegated proof-of-stake, and newer to working on low-level performance optimizations. Experience with Tendermint is a huge plus. Either way, you are a great detective and passionate about pushing the performance of your infrastructure to its limits, without compromising on safety or stability.
We are also looking for:
Strong communication skills.
Experience with performance and load testing.
You should be motivated by a desire to solve the most important problems, obtain unprecedented results, and push your methods to their maximal performance.
Responsibilities
* Optimize Tendermint consensus protocol codebase for speed, reliability and performance, including making PRs as needed to the OSS Tendermint project
* Troubleshoot reliability issues of distributed systems, e. g. connection losses between Tendermint nodes under heavy load
* Monitor the infrastructure and blockchain performance to identify issues
* Measure and improve server response times in different conditions and environments
* Guide protocol design decisions
Requirements
* 1+ years experience with Golang, C or C++
* 4+ years of experience in a systems engineering role
* Deep experience with networking and concurrent computing
* Deep experience with Unix/Linux systems
* Experience with AWS/GCP
* Comfortable operating in dynamic environments
Bonus Points
* Background in networking or distributed systems
* Familiarity with Cosmos / Tendermint
* Proficiency in protocol-level blockchain development
* Contribution to open source software
* Degree in STEM field, especially software engineering or computer science related.
* Experience in small startÂup environments helping large enterprises.
* Experience with a distributed team
About Swish
Launched in February 2013, Swish is a fast-growing business with an innovative working culture and teams spanned across the world with teams in Toronto, San Francisco, Berlin, Auckland, Bruxelles, Medellin, and more.
We create products for successful business using cutting-edge technologies: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and Apps Dev. Working with Swish puts you in contact with prestigious brands, wherever your base is. We are a 100% remote-work company because we believe it is everyone’s choice to live and work the way they prefer.
Work is organized in sprints  - 2 weeks periods to which, as a member of our talent community, you choose to commit. You always have the choice to accept or decline a sprint, or take-on multiple sprints simultaneously.
We let members choose what suits them best depending on their current situation: family, travel, studies, finance. We know life is not linear and we respect the humans behind the screens.
Our work ethic relies on six core values: Transparency, Directness, Meritocracy, Autonomy, Responsibility, Continuous Learning.
Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to our values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a fun place to work.
Software Engineer App Academy San Francisco, United States $120,000 to $130,000 a year
November 2018
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
App Academy is building world-class training programs that help students from all backgrounds transition into careers in tech. Our core offering is a 12-week immersive coding and job search program that trains full-stack web developers. In 2017, we were named one of the top coding bootcamps in the world. We have been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Bloomberg as a driving force behind the changing face of tech education in America. Our unique model — we defer tuition until our students graduate and secure jobs afterwards — aligns us with the success of our students. Join us on our mission to empower people to transform their lives.
About the Role
At App Academy we are constantly innovating on a handful of products and courses. Our team maintains a range of products from internal tools to consumer-facing online platforms and we enable rapid development across these platforms through better automation and more cutting edge technologies. As a new member of our small but mighty team you will build on top of and improve our serverless platform, the business logic that powers our products, and bring new knowledge and expertise to the team.
Our Stack
- Serverless (on AWS)
- Node.js and Golang (polyglottic)
- MongoDB
- React/Redux
- Ruby on Rails (legacy)
- Postgres (legacy)
Responsibilities
- You will work on and maintain serverless and cloud Infrastructure (AWS) and our online products/platforms.
- You will help out with migration out of legacy platforms (mostly Ruby on Rails).
- We are a small company and looking for people who can thrive in a collaborative environment that goes beyond a single team, as a member of our team you will hold meetings and discussions around product features with stakeholders.
- Teach and Learn. We are unique as a team in this area. You will spend part of your time spreading knowledge or exploring new technologies both internally and externally (oss, articles, presentations). After all, we are in the business of education and we are looking for people who share our commitment to this mission.
Experience & Qualifications
- Expertise in either Node.js/Golang or a language/framework you can convince us to use
- Experience with React/Redux, and components in general
- Experience with AWS (we use a wide-range, most notably Lambda, ECS)
- A working understanding of Docker and Continuous Integration tools
- Deep experience with Mongo or any NoSQL Database
- Experience with TDD and an avid user of the process
Nice to Have's
- Open-source contributions as this helps us assess you better
- Expertise with Kubernetes and Docker-compose is a plus
- Experience with ServerlessExperience with Ruby, Rails
- Experience working with remote teams is a big plus, we have a TA team based on NY
- A passion for the education industry is a big plus!
Our Values
- Take responsibility for student success. Everyone works together to enable student success.
- Follow the numbers. Decisions should be backed by data.
- Embrace a growth mindset. View challenges and failures as opportunities to improve.
- Start with why. See the big picture and question the status quo. If there’s a better way of doing things we should investigate it.
- Create an inclusive environment. We work together to promote empathy and respect amongst all students and staff.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Unlimited paid time off
- Employer-sponsored health insurance plans with 100% support for premiums
- Delicious catered lunch twice a week
- Great location in San Francisco with easy access to transportation options
- Generous paid family leave program
- The opportunity to work with driven and talented colleagues committed to lifelong learning
App Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We believe strongly that technology companies benefit from diversity and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Software Engineer Drip Salt Lake City, Utah, United States $80,000 to $100,000 a year
October 2018
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Who we are
Drip is the world’s first ECRM: an Ecommerce CRM that enables retailers to build personal and profitable relationships with their customers at scale. We believe the world needs specialty retail, and Drip is the platform that enables competition with the impersonal Ecommerce giants. We are well funded, growing super fast and building a beautiful product. We have offices in Minneapolis and Greater Salt Lake. www.drip.com/about
About the role
As a Software Engineer on Drip’s email team you will be part of a brand new team focussed on high scale email deliverability. This will include using data science and creating microservices that help us get nimble in our email operations. Most importantly, you will be working arm in arm with a passionate group of people, in your team and across the organization, that strive to make impacts on a world-first product! The contributions include:
Focus on designing and implementing systems for scalability, testability, supportability and maintainability
Build and improve advanced email features like email tracking and sequences
Be a force of change - help scale us from a monolith to a microservice environment
Along with your team, ensure our deliverability services are operating reliably in production
Work across teams to design and architect next generation services and systems
The role is based in the Salt Lake City area. We will offer relocation to Utah, which is home to world class skiing, mountain biking and climbing.
About you
You’re a self-starting engineer who loves technology! You have experience in building either complex SaaS applications or B2C sites. Ideally both, as our Drip engineering team stretches in both directions. You also have experience architecting scalable applications including microservices. Sound like you?
Our dream pick has:
A bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science (isn’t required, but is extra points!)
2+ years experience in building SaaS or B2C systems
Experience with modern technologies for building micro-services - Golang, Node.js, or other languages
Experience working with relational and other database technologies
Comfortability working on an Agile team
Solid knowledge and standing within the email deliverability community
The ability to troubleshoot inbound and outbound email performance
Perks & Benefits
This is a great opportunity to build a new team in a successful, fast-growing venture-backed company. This person will help us dominate this new E-commerce category as an ECRM platform.
We consider working for a successful startup to be a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. You will work hard and face exciting challenges, but our positions come with amazing advantages and fulfillment! Bring your best self to the table and we’ll return the favor with:
Very competitive pay, equity, and benefits with up to 100% company-paid premium
Actual work/life balance with unlimited vacation
401k company match
A flexible schedule
A fully-stocked snack bar and drink fridge to keep you fueled
Relocation reimbursement, as needed. Please note that residence in or relocation to Minneapolis or Salt Lake area Utah is our one non-negotiable
Challenging and meaningful problems to solve - you will invariably make a difference and impact
A vibrant and devoted team, who finds tons of time for fun
Finally, no politics and no jerks
At Drip, we strive to create an inclusive workplace that upholds the dignity of all people. We value, respect, and celebrate everyone’s individualities and honor their unique strengths from all different walks of life. We believe that embracing the diversity of thought and perspective encourages collaboration that leads to product (and people!) innovation, diverse products and a successful business.
Location
Remote / London/ Ireland/ France / Remote (EMEA)
Golang Backend Engineer (Codefi) at Consensys
About ConsenSys
ConsenSys is the leading Ethereum software company. We enable developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. Our product suite, composed of Infura, Quorum, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligence, serves millions of users, supports billions of blockchain-based queries for our clients, and has handled billions of dollars in digital assets. Ethereum is the largest programmable blockchain in the world, leading in business adoption, developer community, and DeFi activity. On this trusted, open source foundation, we are building the digital economy of tomorrow. To explore our products and solutions, visit http://consensys.net/.
About Codefi Staking and Data/Compliance
Codefi Staking is an institutional ETH2 staking as a service provider. We are working with some of the world’s largest exchanges and custodians to enable them to offer Ethereum 2.0 staking to their customers.
Codefi Compliance are a set of backend data and compliance services implemented in Go that serve a frontend KYT application (Know-Your-Transaction, scanning on-chain activity of Ethereum accounts to identify suspicious activities) and also other products and applications of ConsenSys.
Role Responsibilities
We are looking for backend Golang developers with production big data pipeline (ETL) and/or application architecture experience.
Required Skills:
5+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer working on production applications
3+ years of Golang backend development experience
Experience with, or understanding of: PostgreSQL and other databases
General interest in DevOps topics / experience with Docker, Kubernetes or Serverless and deploying cloud infrastructure (AWS / Azure)
Building production-grade applications/APIs
Understanding of the Ethereum 1.0 Protocol, on-chain storage and data structures
Experience working on agile projects in an Enterprise setting
Experience working in CI/CD setup
Experience working in a distributed, remote team environment.
Excellent communication skills.
Writing good technical documentation.
Bonus Points for any of:
BSc/MSc in Computer Science or related subject
Experience on big data pipeline (ETL)
Experience with microservices architectures
Experience with Kafka or other messaging technology
Cryptography (for instance Ethereum-related)
Experience in deploying blockchain infrastructure
Other skills to demonstrate:
Excellent verbal and written communication in English
Teamwork, flexibility, initiative, communication and organization
Willingness to constantly learn & improve, challenging yourself to stay at the top of your game
Don't check all of the boxes? Don't sweat it. We’re passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you've got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun, remote-friendly, start-up environment—apply anyway. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need, we're ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.
Perks & Benefits
Why join ConsenSys?
One of the most recognized tech companies in the blockchain ecosystem globally. A work experience at ConsenSys is a tremendous reference for your future career. ConsenSys alumni have moved on to become tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, and team leads at tech companies.
The forefront of a revolution. We fundamentally believe blockchain is a next generation of technology that can lay the foundation for a more just and equitable society. You can be a part of building the digital economy of tomorrow and radically transforming our society for the better.
A dynamic startup environment with deep roots. We are one of the earliest blockchain companies and a leader in the space. You’ll join a network of entrepreneurs and technologists that reaches the edge of our ecosystem.
Deep technical challenges. Blockchain technology is just over 10 years old. Ethereum itself is still a toddler. There is much to be done before these platforms can scale to the order of millions or billions of users. We are building the tools, infrastructure and applications l that are pushing the technology forward.
Continuous learning and improvements. You’ll be constantly exposed to new concepts, ideas and frameworks from your peers and as you work on different projects — challenging you to stay at the top of your game.
Senior Go Developer Sparkfly Atlanta, GA, United States $100,000 to $150,000 a year
June 2019
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
(About Sparkfly)
These days you hear a lot about culture. We believe in nurturing a workplace that our employees enjoy working in.
We’re not just looking to hire someone who meets all the requirements listed below, but instead a team-player who
can help us achieve our company vision to profoundly change digital marketing. If you’re looking for an opportunity
to be constantly challenged and grow in your area of expertise, keep reading.
So who are we exactly? The Sparkfly Offer Management and Technology Platform allows Marketers to easily test
innovative digital and mobile media channels, with the ability to understand the true ROI of campaigns. Real-time,
item level attribution data directly from the merchant’s point of sale gives actionable insights to Marketers while
campaigns are still in market. Sparkfly’s tracking capabilities allow brands and merchants to distribute offers across
any channel, and tie the engagement with those offers back to the channel and the individual consumer. Sparkfly’s
single-use coupon codes and integration into the Point of Sale allows Campaign Managers to control the redemption
of offers by channel, prevent digital coupon fraud, analyze basket size and basket contents for each offer redeemed
in-store and optimize the campaign inflight. Sparkfly helps Marketers close the loop on digital offers redeemed in
store. Working with major customers like Chipotle, Great Clips, Chick-fil-A and many more, you will be part of a
leading technology team that is powering new ways these companies are dong digital business.
(About the role)
As a rapidly growing company, we’re looking for a qualified, senior developer to join our IT team and assist in the
design, development, testing, deployment, and support of the Sparkfly Platform products.
Required Qualifications:
5+ year’s software development experience preferably within an Agile development environment
Experience with Go, JavaScript, Ruby/Rails, Web Services, Database Design (PostgreSQL),
multithreading, socket programming, OO design, and troubleshooting in Linux environment
Experience developing APIs for integration and connectivity to third party platforms
Experience developing responsive, semantic, standards compliant HTML and CSS
At ease in a Linux/Unix development and build environment with experience using Git and CI tools
(Jenkins, etc.)
Candidate will have a strong understanding of system architectures and design concepts for high
transaction volume applications.
Full development life cycle- Hands-on through design, implementation, integration, and testing phases.
Strong analytical and communication skills to perform analysis and planning for deployment,
including failure/recoveries, capacity/performance considerations, and verification.
Pluses:
AWS cloud hosting experience
IPhone/Android app development
J2EE and/or Windows .NET development experience
Details:
This is a full time position in our Atlanta office. Sparkfly provides a competitive salary and benefits package and
is an equal opportunity employer.
Mid/Senior Go Engineer Dayforward Remote (United States) $120,000 to $170,000 a year
April 2021
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Dayforward is bringing financial security to modern families. We're starting with a fresh take on life insurance.
Do you share our passion for technology and building something from the ground up? We want to hear from forward-thinkers who aren't afraid to challenge industry standards.
We’re looking for a strong, collaborative software developer who wants to help build and scale our digital product, which aims to provide our users with the fastest, most intuitive way to learn about and purchase the right life insurance for their families.Our ideal candidate has startup experience, or is excited about the idea of working in an environment where we test, learn, and iterate quickly. We’re looking for a proactive and highly competent individual contributor who will be able to hit the ground running.
We’d like to see at least 4 years experience (or a super awesome track record on delivering cool stuff). Bonus points for full stack developers (we use Javascript + Vue) or those with experience in the insuretech space.
Required:
Go
PostgreSQL
Deploying to GCP, AWS, or something like that
Optional:
Protobuf
gRPC
Microservice architecture
K8s, Docker, etc
Location: US only; remote work is OK. Much of our team is based on the greater NYC area, and many of us will probably return to an office at some point - so while it won’t be required, it will eventually be an option for anyone in the area who prefers working from an office.
Benefits
Flexible vacations
We want you to have a life outside the office. Take PTO as you see fit.
401k
Dayforward matches 100% of your contribution, up to 3% of your salary.
Healthcare
We love insurance! Comprehensive health, medical, and vision, paid disability, FSA and more.
Family
3 months paid leave when you welcome a little one.
Fitness
We reward you for healthy living with membership savings and more.
Team events
Every 2 weeks, a different team member plans an event so we can get to know each other better.
Principal Software Engineer - Edge Data Fastly London, United Kingdom / Remote (United States) £80,000 to £120,000 a year
January 2021
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
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 Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.
We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Principal Software Engineer - Edge Data
You will be one of the first engineers working on a brand-new system that Fastly has been prototyping and is now beginning to operationalize. The system applies cutting-edge distributed systems theory — notably, CRDTs — to Fastly's global network to provide an infrastructure for state at the edge.
What You'll Do
Learn the distsys theory and Go implementation of the project to proficiency, becoming a technical "co-founder" and owner
Optimize system performance to meet Fastly's Internet-scale requirements, via testing, profiling, refactoring, and redesigning
Collaborate with customer-facing teams to define and implement primitives that will power a huge number of future Fastly products
Help to design, develop, and participate in a process for onboarding new engineers to the project, with a focus on mentorship and growth
Work in a small team that's highly motivated to find new, innovative ways to give our customers new capabilities
What We're Looking For
Clear, effective, and empathetic communication skills, both written and verbal, especially when discussing complex technical topics
Intermediate+ proficiency with Go (Golang), ideally having built and operated one or more large-scale projects
Advanced distributed systems theory experience, especially eventual consistency, and a strong interest in learning more
A "systems thinker" who always keeps the big picture in mind, even as they work on the smallest details
Effective at asynchronous remote work, with teammates across the world
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. In fact, 50% of our employees work outside of SF! An international remote culture is in our DNA.
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 like up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave, options for free medical/dental/vision plans, and an open vacation program that enables our folks to take the time they need to recharge (some benefits may vary by location).
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!