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.

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Posting Open Date: July 17, 2025

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: August 17, 2025

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Principal Product Manager, Platform (Hybrid)

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Product Manager to drive the strategy and execution of core platform services at Fastly. This is a critical individual contributor role that requires deep technical understanding of the edge platform market, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence across engineering, product, and leadership teams. You'll ensure our platform can scale to meet future demands, support new product innovations, and deliver exceptional developer experiences.

What You'll Do:

• Be a strong advocate for internal and external platform users (developers, product teams, operations), translating their complex needs into clear, actionable platform strategy and requirements.
• Understand with depth both competitive and business dynamics, and partner with the VP, Platform, to target and drive enhancements to the platform roadmap
• Own and drive the product vision and roadmap for key platform domains (e.g., support internal teams core infrastructure, compute, data services, developer tools, APIs, observability frameworks) with an eye towards how services  and capabilities would manifest both internally and externally.  Align work with internal teams outside of the Platform org to make this a reality.
• Synthesize qualitative insights from user research with quantitative analysis of platform telemetry and usage data to uncover opportunities and inform product decisions.
• Define and manage platform APIs, SDKs, and developer tools, ensuring they are robust, consistent, and provide an excellent developer experience.
• Drive highly complex, cross-organizational initiatives that span multiple engineering teams and product lines, ensuring platform capabilities are delivered on time and meet architectural standards.
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, architects, and other product managers to define platform architecture principles and ensure long-term scalability and reliability.
• Effectively communicate platform strategy, roadmap, and capabilities to various stakeholders, including engineering teams, executive leadership, and customer-facing teams.
• Establish yourself as a technical expert and trusted advisor for platform services, both internally and externally, capable of discussing intricate technical details and strategic implications.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other Product Managers, helping them understand platform dependencies and best practices for leveraging Fastly's core infrastructure.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for platform health, adoption, and efficiency, continuously optimizing for impact.

What We're Looking For: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field/equivalent experience
• Extensive, hands-on experience (typically 12+ years) as a Product Manager, specifically focusing on platform, infrastructure, developer tools, or core services in a SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS environment.
• Deep technical understanding of distributed systems, cloud computing principles, APIs, microservices architectures, and developer ecosystems. Experience with edge computing or CDN technologies is a significant plus.
• Proven ability to define and drive complex platform roadmaps from ideation through successful rollout, with a strong focus on technical debt management and long-term scalability.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of leveraging data (telemetry, usage, performance metrics) to make informed product decisions and measure impact.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and strategic vision to both highly technical and non-technical audiences.
• A "get stuff done" attitude with a strong sense of accountability and ownership for foundational components.
• Ability to break down highly ambiguous, large-scale technical challenges into executable product increments.

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

• Exceptional leadership through influence, with the ability to motivate and drive alignment across diverse, cross-functional engineering and product teams without direct reporting lines.
• Experience engaging with internal engineering teams as primary "customers" for platform capabilities.
• A strong user-centric mindset, with experience designing exceptional developer experiences (DX) and robust API interfaces.

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following office locations:

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

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 2025, we offer 11 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. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand. 

• 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.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

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