Staff Engineer - Control Systems

- Support, deploy, and share responsibility for large scale Perl production systems that store and ship configuration changes to thousands of nodes globally.

- Drive architectural and operational improvements by evolving complex legacy systems into maintainable, performant Go microservices.

- Provide technical leadership of engineering projects, coordinate with project stakeholders, and motivate progress.

- Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure our configuration systems meet the requirements for new features and capabilities.

- Mentor and support other engineers, cultivating an environment of knowledge sharing, innovation, and teamwork within the engineering organization.

- Significant domain-relevant engineering experience building highly reliable distributed systems. Most Staff Engineers at Fastly have at least 7 years of related experience

- A pragmatic approach to legacy systems, including experience in or a willingness to learn Perl to support, troubleshoot, and enhance our core infrastructure.

- The ability to drive and deliver complex projects that span multiple teams and require cross-organizational influence.

- A communicative and empathetic teammate who works effectively in a remote environment and is comfortable with asynchronous workflows.

- An adaptable problem-solver who learns from mistakes, navigates ambiguity with ease, and balances short-term delivery with long-term quality through thoughtful tradeoffs.

- A background writing production-level code using the Perl programming language.

- Familiarity with containerization systems and platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker.

- Exposure to monitoring solutions such as Prometheus and Grafana.

This position will require you to be available during core business hours. It may also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary for on call support.

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

The estimated salary range for this position is $211,370 to $253,644.