Staff UI Engineer - Denver, United States - Fastly

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.

Staff UI Engineer - Web Engineering / Marketing

The Web Engineering team works collaboratively with Fastly's marketing, product and engineering organizations to share Fastly's story and value across our global marketing properties including , , and As Staff Software Engineer, UI, you will work on a small and mighty team building engaging web based experiences and driving improvements to our sites. You will hone your skills, leverage your knowledge, and experiment creatively with the incredible breadth of Fastly's products.

What You'll Do

• You will be responsible for the long-term maintenance and strategic planning for a performant, scalable marketing site
• You will provide technical leadership; identifying and implementing improvements in code and process, leading technical design and development of new features, identifying actionable improvements for performance gains, working collaboratively with the manager to scope technical requirements
• You will develop new features from whiteboard through to production
• You will mentor and coach teammates

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours, and may also require participation in on-call support rotation as needed.

What We're Looking For

• You have 6+ years of software development experience building robust UX using React, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• You have 2+ years of experience coaching and mentoring teammates
• Experience with automated testing of JavaScript applications
• Experience monitoring and improving site performance
• You have experience with static site generators and headless CMS systems
  • We use Gatsby and Contentful
• Experience with developing optimized CI/CD pipelines and site infrastructure

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Experience working with distributed development teams
• Experience with thoughtful code review to up level more junior developers in a hybrid environment
• Experience with developing & maintaining design systems
• Experience with Sketch or Figma
• Experience with multilingual sites
• Familiarity with Varnish (VCL) /

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

This position will be based out of one of Fastly's offices, preferably in Denver, CO or San Francisco, CA.

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220 to $226,520.

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.

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