Fastly Salary

💰 $146K–$235K salary range

Median: $199K  ·  Based on 71 public Fastly job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Fastly

• Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering — $288K–$345K · Platform Engineering
• Director, Engineering - Edge Linux Networking — $247K–$296K · Infrastructure Engineering
• Principal Engineer - Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) — $247K–$295K · Core Systems Engineering
• Global People Partner, Senior Director - PECTO (Product, Engineering, Technology) — $210K–$296K · Human Resources
• Senior Manager, Engineering - Platform Security — $228K–$274K · Platform Engineering
• Staff Engineer, Traffic Management Systems — $211K–$254K · Content Delivery Systems

Fastly salary by department

• Content Delivery Systems: $254K median (3 roles)
• Core Systems Engineering: $236K median (4 roles)
• Product Management: $236K median (6 roles)
• Cloud Engineering - COR: $186K median (4 roles)
• Product Experience: $186K median (3 roles)
• Program Management: $173K median (3 roles)
• CFO: $160K median (3 roles)
• Commercial Sales: $129K median (3 roles)

Fastly salary by seniority

• Mid: $129K median (16)
• Senior: $201K median (29)
• Staff: $254K median (14)
• Manager: $173K median (6)

Fastly salary by location

• Denver: $201K median (41 roles)
• San Francisco: $217K median (15 roles)
• Remote: $173K median (7 roles)
• New York: $209K median (6 roles)

Remote work at Fastly

11% of Fastly's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Fastly looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: GCP (4) · AWS (3) · Kubernetes (3) · Terraform (3) · Rust (3) · Azure (2) · Python (2) · Go (2) · BigQuery (2) · Docker (1).

Benefits & perks at Fastly

Commonly listed: dental (32) · vision (32) · mental-health (32) · 401k (32) · bonus (29) · parental (1).

About Fastly

Fastly is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2011 · HQ San Francisco, California. 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 11 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 45% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Fastly total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, 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 34 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 71 public job postings with disclosed pay. 15 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (71 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Fastly pay?
The median base salary is $199K, with a typical range of $146K–$235K, based on 71 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.

Which team pays the most at Fastly?
The Content Delivery Systems team, at a $254K median.

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

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 71 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 10, 2026.

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