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About the Role

As a member of the Global Talent team, a Senior Tech Recruiter drives the end-to-end recruiting process across Fastly, cultivating teams for various technical divisions (e.g., Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Product). This role involves partnering with hiring managers as a trusted advisor to develop strategies for identifying and hiring top candidates, and collaborating with the wider People Team to deliver a best-in-class candidate experience. We seek a seasoned Recruiter with a passion for technology, focusing on creativity and solutions.

Responsibilities

Craft job postings and devise recruitment strategies with hiring managers across one or more verticals.
Influence hiring teams to monitor and improve candidate experience.
Source and engage passive candidates.
Manage the full-cycle recruiting process from job creation through candidate start date, emphasizing strong hiring manager partnerships and candidate advocacy.
Strategize creative ways to build talent pipelines and execute tactical research, referral generation, events, and sourcing campaigns.
Screen resumes and interview candidates to determine position and value alignment.
Manage interview logistics and the hiring decision-making process with interviewers and hiring managers.
Regularly track pipeline, priorities, and performance data to share with internal stakeholders.
Drive offer negotiations and process in partnership with hiring managers and the Compensation team.
Recommend improvements to sourcing, process, and candidate outreach.
Participate in operational and Talent Acquisition related projects.
Support company Inclusion & Diversity efforts.

Requirements

5+ years progressive technical recruiting experience in a highly technical, engineering organization.
In-house experience required.
Experience hiring for multiple highly specialized, very senior, and niche positions simultaneously.
Ability to proactively source and attract passive talent in the industry through multiple methods and channels.
Demonstrated expertise in partnering cross-functionally with senior leadership to drive collaborative decisions and innovative solutions.
Flexibility to support multiple functions within Tech teams.
Excellent interviewing skills with the ability to screen for both technical and team fit.
Commitment to building diverse and inclusive teams where collaboration and respect are as important as technical ability.
Extensive tech industry knowledge with the ability to identify target companies, conferences, and other sources for top industry-related talent.
Strong track record of monitoring metrics and delivering against quantitative and qualitative targets.
Ability to make data-driven decisions and work within structured hiring processes.
Strong consultative and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across all organizational levels, as well as externally.
An autonomous, self-starter who demonstrates continuous learning and ambiguity tolerance.

Skills

Technical recruiting
Proactive sourcing
Attracting passive talent
Cross-functional partnering with senior leadership
Interviewing
Building diverse and inclusive teams
Tech industry knowledge
Monitoring metrics
Delivering against targets (quantitative and qualitative)
Data-driven decision making
Working within structured hiring processes
Consultative skills
Interpersonal skills
Communication
Autonomous
Self-starter
Continuous learning
Ambiguity tolerance
Hiring low-level, distributed systems, infrastructure, and/or network engineers
Facilitating technical assessments
Implementing AI sourcing and productivity tools
Knowledge of Employment and HR policies
Knowledge of compensation models
Knowledge of talent planning

Location

San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
Denver, CO
Remote

Work Type

Hybrid model
Remote

Experience Level

Senior
5+ years progressive technical recruiting experience
Seasoned Recruiter

Salary/Compensations

Estimated salary range: $122,280 - $172,632
Eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Family planning support
Mental health support
Employee Assistance Program
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Accident Insurance
Flexible Vacation policy
Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
401(k) (including company match)
Employee Stock Purchase Program
11 paid local holidays (for 2026)
12 paid company wellness days (for 2026)

About the Company

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love.
Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing applications as close to end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet.
The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development.
Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
We're building a more trustworthy Internet.
Fastly is a small company with a big reach, impacting a tremendous user base and supporting a growing number of open source projects.
Employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart.
We value diversity, growing and maintaining an inclusive and diverse team.
Committed to being a company where employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and can be successful.
Fastly employs passionate individuals from various backgrounds, including authors, pilots, skiers, parents, makeup geeks, and coffee connoisseurs.
We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Equal Opportunity

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901.