This is not a traditional "keep the lights on" operational role. Reliability is critical, but the real focus here is on innovation—driving strategic improvements, building foundational infrastructure for the future, and shaping how secure orchestration and trust services evolve at Fastly and beyond.
What You'll Do
Define the long-term strategic vision and multi-year technical roadmap for the Platform Security domain, ensuring these investments align with Fastly’s overall business and security objectives.
Oversee and develop a high-performing team that includes engineers and principal-level individual contributors, focusing on organizational structure, talent development, and scaling team capabilities to meet future demand.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders using a product-owner mindset to define clear roadmaps and priorities.
Drive organizational-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence, reliability, and security, establishing metrics and accountability across all platform services.
Clearly communicate the function’s strategy, progress, and risk profile to executive leadership and technical stakeholders across the company.
While you will not be expected to write code, you will need to leverage deep, related technical experience to succeed in this role
What We're Looking For
4+ years of experience managing Platform or Site Reliability Engineering teams.
10+ years of related technical experience with distributed systems and infrastructure as code.
Demonstrated ability to drive a durable technical roadmap and facilitate effective collaboration in cross-functional teams.
Experience with secrets and workload identity management, including using tools like SPIFFE, SPIRE, HashiCorp Vault, etc.
Experience building and automating large scale production infrastructure in public cloud and on-prem environments. Using TFE or similar technologies.
Extensive hands on experience working in a Linux environment with a solid understanding of system internals and performance optimization.
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these
Experience with Kubernetes, PKI, and configuration management tools like Chef.
Proficiency in Python or Go.
Migrating physical or cloud-based workloads to new hosting platforms.
Experience collaborating with compliance/security teams.
Work Hours
This position will require you to be available during core business hours. It may also require occasional nights and weekends as necessary to support any on-call coverage.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements
The preferred locations for this position are
San Francisco, CA
Denver, CO
New York, NY
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
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.
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is $228,280 to $273,936.
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), a Flexible 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 2026, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.
AI Statement
To ensure a fair and equitable interview process for everyone, the use of AI technologies—including real-time transcription tools, automated scripts, AI copilots, or external assistants—is strictly prohibited during the interview process unless explicitly authorized by the company in advance. Unauthorized use of AI tools may result in disqualification.
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 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.
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