Senior Compensation Analyst, Fastly
$123.3-148k
+ ESPP
Edge cloud platform
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Edge cloud platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$123.3-148k
+ ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a better internet — a safe place where good can thrive.
Role
Who you are
- 1-3 years of related work experience, preferably 1-2 years in compensation analysis
- Experience in compensation fundamentals (e.g., job matching and market pricing, equity mechanics, cyclical programs, etc.)
- Comfortable working with large amounts of data, utilizing strong analytical skills to interpret compensation trends and build intelligence through reporting, with high attention to data integrity
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills in communicating and interpreting compensation philosophy, program design, and recommendations
- A proven ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and alliances with key stakeholders
- Highly analytical with great attention to detail and ability to balance competing priorities and effectively multitask
- Desire to learn and grow in the compensation field
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours
Desirable
- Experience with Workday Core and Advanced Compensation
- Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced technology environment
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Sr Director, Total Rewards, the Sr. Compensation Analyst will be responsible for the administration and support of Fastly’s compensation programs
- This includes performing market research to ensure that Fastly’s compensation practices are competitive and aligned with industry standards, preparing and reviewing data insights to inform salary structures and incentive plans, ensure adherence to legal requirements, and supporting our internal managers and business partners globally
- Perform support activities to develop, implement and administer global compensation policies and programs. Support pay review cycles and equity programs
- Participate in compensation surveys to collect and analyze competitive salary information to determine the company's competitive position
- Review proposed salary adjustments for conformance to established guidelines, policies and practices
- Review requests for new or revised classifications to determine appropriate salary grade assignment
- Review existing and proposed statutory requirements governing compensation administration and recommends appropriate courses of action
- May prepare special studies and recommendations on subjects such as incentive compensation, bonus plans, sales compensation or equity compensation
Application process
- Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 4/23/26
Our take
Internet users around the world have come to expect personalized, real-time digital experiences, but delivering these quickly and securely, while maintaining quality, can be a difficult task for businesses.
Fastly enables the companies to deliver fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Its edge cloud platform moves data and applications closer to end-users — improving the user experience, putting the power back in developers’ hands, and enabling clients to focus on growing their businesses.
The company has helped several high-profile businesses, including Reddit, Pinterest, Stripe, EPIC Games, and more. Its offering is well-regarded in the space, demonstrated by it being named a 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Global CDN, as well as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023 report.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2019
$40m
SERIES F
Jul 2018
$40m
SERIES F
Total funding: $259m
Company benefits
- Parental support and beyond: We support our families by offering generous time off for parental leave. And beyond that, we work hard to build a culture that allows for all employees to have the life outside work that they desire year round.
- Health and wellness: Your well-being matters here. Our health plans offer a variety of options, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability insurance, mental health resources, and more.
- Invest in your future: We offer 401(k)/retirement plans, employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP), and reimbursements for learning and development programs — so we can support your ongoing growth and success.
- Keep learning and growing: Helping people go further means nurturing their talent. Through annual reimbursements for employee learning activities, regular hangouts and advice from our Senior Staff, talks from industry leaders, and cultural events — we offer tons of opportunities for people to learn. And we’re always looking to grow as a company, too: we collect employee engagement and experience data annually and leverage our Employee Experience Champion Network to understand employee feedback, so we can keep improving.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kip Compton
(CEO)Kip joined the Fastly team in 2024 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2025. Prior to this, he was an SVP of Strategy & Business Development/Networking at Cisco.
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