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Fastly

Edge cloud platform delivering fast content

Customer Support Engineer

Customer SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • The role requires 2–4 years of experience in a technical support, system administration, or network-focused role.
  • Demonstrated understanding of HTTP/S, TCP/IP, TLS, and DNS, including the ability to explain how a webpage is delivered quickly.
  • Working ability in at least one programming language, such as VCL, Python, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, or Rust, and eagerness to learn VCL and Compute.
  • Comfort navigating modern SaaS control panels and RESTful APIs, including from the command line.
  • Experience supporting customers by email, chat, ticketing system, or phone.
  • Working knowledge of network telemetry and diagnostic tools, such as curl and traceroute/MTR, and judgment about when to ask for help.
  • Understanding of BGP, internet routing, and the difference between transit and peering.
  • Availability during core US-East business hours (Sunday–Thursday), as aligned with the direct manager.
  • Availability for occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support on-call coverage.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve technical inquiries primarily through email and tickets, and also through chat and portal engagements; join live triage sessions by video or phone when needed.
  • Work to define first-response targets and provide clear, accurate written communication.
  • Review customer configurations and debug VCL logic, cache behavior including TTLs and hit ratio, HTTP headers, TLS, and DNS.
  • Build skills over time troubleshooting Compute (Wasm) applications.
  • Guide customers through the Fastly Control Panel, API and CLI, role-based access controls, users and permissions, domains, and observability dashboards.
  • Assess impact and urgency on every case, work cases through the Tier I, II, and III lifecycle, and escalate to Engineering during business hours with evidence of what was verified, tried, and remains unknown.
  • Recognize urgent issues, such as customer traffic outages, and issues affecting multiple customers, and quickly engage the after-hours incident response process.
  • Bring in Customer Success Management or Advanced Professional Services when customer sentiment changes or a request requires configuration review or solution design, and hand off with a clear summary.
  • Educate customers on edge architecture and troubleshooting methods, share learnings, and contribute to documentation.
  • Monitor metrics during large network events and proactively report degradation to customers.
  • Participate in an occasional on-call rotation managed through PagerDuty, covering weekends, select after-hours, and corporate holidays.

Desired Qualifications

  • A BA or BS degree, or equivalent experience; a major in engineering, computer science, or MIS is a plus.
  • Experience with Varnish or Varnish Configuration Language.
  • Experience in the CDN or cloud computing industries.
  • Experience reviewing or diagnosing log tools such as Datadog or New Relic.
  • Basic knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, or AWS.

About the Company

Fastly

Edge cloud platform delivering fast content

Fastly provides edge cloud computing services that process data and run application logic at points near users to speed up online experiences. Its platform lets customers deploy code at the network edge with Edge Compute Language, manage features through APIs, and secure and accelerate content delivery. The company differentiates itself with a programmable edge, developer-focused tools, a global edge network, and a usage-based pricing model. Its goal is to help businesses deliver fast, secure web experiences by moving computing and content closer to end users.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2011

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