Fastly · 1 month ago
Director, Engineering - Platform Trust & Growth
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$211K/yr - $254K/yr
10+ years expFastly is a company that enables customers to create great digital experiences through its edge cloud platform. They are seeking a dynamic leader to head their Trust & Growth Platform team, focusing on customer identity and access management while driving scalable revenue opportunities.
Cloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureCloud SecurityContent Delivery NetworkEnterprise SoftwareSecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term strategy for the Trust & Growth Platform, spanning identity, access, monetization of products and services, and customer growth capabilities
Lead the strategy and execution of next-generation Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) frameworks, ensuring customers can securely and flexibly manage access across products, APIs, and services
Drive development of scalable customer identity and access management (CIAM) systems that power seamless sign-up, authentication, authorization, and lifecycle management experiences
Oversee platform evolution to support fine-grained permissions models, role hierarchies, and delegated administration, balancing usability with security best practices
Advance and broaden user protection on our platform from threats like fraud and abuse
Partner with product, finance, and go-to-market leaders to align monetization systems with customer identity and access roadmaps
Be deeply involved in understanding and operationalizing revenue and pricing models for existing and new product and market launches
Collaborate with Compliance and Security organizations to ensure Data at Fastly is protected and verifiable
Qualification
Required
5+ years leading tier-0 distributed systems engineering teams & managing engineers at all career levels
10+ years of domain relevant software engineering experience - i.e. backend & distributed systems focus with expertise in modern programming languages and tooling (the team works mostly in Golang)
Proven track record of building and scaling distributed backend systems on platforms for identity, access management, payments, or monetization domains
Strong product and business orientation, with the ability to connect technical investments to revenue and growth outcomes
Experience fostering inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability engineering cultures
Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with executive presence to influence at the C-suite level
Preferred
Leading large-scale Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) initiatives
Designing and operating billing, payments, or revenue growth platforms at global scale
Driving convergence of trust/security platforms with monetization systems
Building platform capabilities that enable cross-sell and upsell motions in SaaS businesses
Scaling engineering organizations through rapid growth and transformation phases
Prior experience evolving an authentication and authorization platform including Keycloak and Role-based access control
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Family planning
Mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program
Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)
A Flexible Vacation policy
Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
401(k) (including company match)
Employee Stock Purchase Program
12 paid local holidays
12 paid company wellness days
Company
Fastly
Fastly helps digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering secure and online experiences.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$529MKey Investors
DTCPICONIQ GrowthAugust Capital
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $160M
2024-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $150M
2019-05-16IPO
Leadership Team
Kip Compton
Chief Executive Officer
Hooman Beheshti
VP Technology
Recent News
2025-12-15
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