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Fastly Salary

Fastly pays a median of $199K ($159K–$233K) across 26 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $159K–$233K salary range

Median: $199K  ·  Based on 26 public Fastly job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026


This Fastly salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Fastly · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026
$199K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$159K–$233K
Typical range
$345K view JD
Highest base · Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering
26
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+8
26 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 88% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$199K (14)
Staff
$233K (7)
Pay by location
Denver $199K (15)San Francisco $215K (5)Remote $159K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Go $233KKubernetes $233KRust $216KAgile $185K

Highest-paying open roles at Fastly

Fastly salary by seniority

  • Senior: $199K median · $301K top base — Senior Account Executive, Enterprise (SoCal) (view JD) (14)
  • Staff: $233K median · $345K top base — Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering (view JD) (7)

Fastly salary by location

  • Denver: $199K median · $345K top base — Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering (view JD) (15 roles)
  • San Francisco: $215K median · $254K top base — Staff Software Engineer – Edge Applications (view JD) (5 roles)
  • Remote: $159K median · $199K top base — Senior Account Executive, Commercial (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Fastly

13% of Fastly's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Fastly looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Rust (3) · Python (2) · Kubernetes (2) · Go (2) · GCP (2) · BigQuery (2) · Terraform (2) · JavaScript (1) · Docker (1) · Node.js (1).

Benefits & perks at Fastly

Commonly listed: dental (23) · vision (23) · mental-health (23) · 401k (23) · bonus (21).

About Fastly

Fastly is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2011. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Fastly

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 88% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Fastly total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 91% of roles list a bonus. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Fastly hiring activity

Fastly has 26 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 26 public job postings with disclosed pay. 8 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (26 in the last 90).

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Zscaler$198K↓ -1%Public
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Netskope$200K↑ +0%Public
Zenoti$98K↓ -51%Series D

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Common questions

What does Fastly pay?
The median pay is $199K, with a typical range of $159K–$233K, based on 26 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Fastly?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering, at $288K–$345K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 26 public Fastly job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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