Program Lead, Fastly
Open Source and Open Web Initiatives, Fast Forward
$195.7-234.9k
Edge cloud platform
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Edge cloud platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$195.7-234.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a better internet — a safe place where good can thrive.
Role
Who you are
- At least 12 years of experience in the following areas:
- Building and supporting open-source products and communities
- Managing high-scale governance models for open-source ecosystems
- Organizing and leading a “program of programs” model for open source or nonprofit ecosystems
- A track record of creativity and tenacity to overcome roadblocks in your charter of serving millions of open-source developers
- An eye for best-in-class open-source experiences and an ability to simplify program administrative workflows to enable broader accessibility
Desirable
- A portfolio of interesting side-projects or blogs that highlight your opinions, thought processes, and decision-making around delightful open-source experiences and products
- Familiarity with and thoughtful opinions on modern open-source ecosystems, governance, and maintainer standards
What the job involves
- Fastly is seeking a relationship-focused leader to help scale our open-source strategic initiatives to the next stage of success
- Tens of millions of developers worldwide use Fastly to instantly power their projects, ranging from small independent startups to the Fortune 100. Many of these developers first engage with Fastly through our community investments, where Fastly provides critical infrastructure services for the world's largest Open Source, Open Web, and Open Education ecosystems
- You’ll work closely with the large established Open Source organizations and rapidly growing new projects to provide them with Fastly services and growth strategy in promoting openness and freedom on the web.
- Fastly has already provided nearly $100MM in in-kind services to open source, open web, and open education initiatives, and this role will have the opportunity to exponentially expand those services and grow their impact far beyond services alone
- Work internally to unify Fastly’s open-source strategy and operational processes across the company
- Design operational changes to grow our open-source and open-web partners by 3-5x in the coming yearsWe support and advise our program partners on growth, governance, and operational best practices to support their mission
- Collaborate with Fastly field operations to enable storytelling at scale across our marketing, sales, and client services teams
Application process
- Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 3/1/2025
- *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants
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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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2019
$40m
SERIES F
Jul 2018
$40m
SERIES F
Total funding: $259m
Company benefits
- Competitive PTO Policies
- Remote or Hybrid Work
- Generous time off for parental leave
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Mental health resources
- 401(k)/retirement plans
- Employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP)
- Reimbursements for learning and development programs
Company values
- We have a curious spirit
- We focus on our customer
- We are trustworthy
- We act with passion
- We operate with integrity
- We are competitive
- We embrace transparency
- We are good people
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Artur Bergman
(Chief Architect and Executive Chairperson)Served as the company's CEO until changing roles in 2020. Previously served as CTO at Wikia, and was a Board Member at OpenID Foundation
People progressing
Joined as Sales Engineer (Media and Entertainment). Was promoted to Senior Sales Engineer (EMEA) after 2 years, then promoted again to Senior Principal Sales Engineer.
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