Architect, Office of the CTO
Core
Shape Fastly's long-term technical direction and scale the ability to make durable architectural decisions for the edge cloud platform.
Role type
Principal Architect (Office of the CTO)
Builds
Edge cloud platform (processing, serving, and securing applications at the edge of the Internet)
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, edge computing, CDN, networking, security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems, edge computing, CDN, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, technical vision, influence without authority, mentoring senior talent
Preferred skills
Open source contribution, industry standards participation, conference speaking
Technologies
Edge cloud, CDN, cloud infrastructure, networking, security
Responsibilities
Partner with CTO and SVP of Engineering to shape long-term technical direction; Improve mechanisms for making durable architectural decisions; Serve as trusted technical advisor for ambiguous problems; Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders; Represent CTO's technical perspective in forums; Support strategic customer and executive conversations; Identify emerging technologies and architectural opportunities; Evangelize Fastly externally
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
