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 our customers’ applications as close to their 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 Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.
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Posting Open Date: May 28, 2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: August 1, 2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Senior Counsel, Product
We are looking for a Senior Counsel to join our legal team. The role will focus on product counseling and legal guidance around artificial intelligence, regulatory compliance, data protection, intellectual property and other emerging topics. This is a great opportunity for a thoughtful, pragmatic, and collaborative attorney with strong product and business instincts who wants to help shape innovative edge cloud technologies. We are seeking candidates who value working on a strong and diverse team, and want to contribute to creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment. This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel leading the product, regulatory, and IP team, and will be based out of one of our offices with a preference for San Francisco, CA.
What You'll Do:
- Partner closely with product and engineering teams to provide end-to-end legal guidance on product and feature development, leading specific product areas
- Monitor emerging technology regulations and industry trends affecting edge computing, critical infrastructure, AI, and telecommunications and provide strategic guidance on relevant regulatory compliance and responsible data practices
- Develop and enhance legal team positions on global privacy, data protection, artificial intelligence, and other legal frameworks (e.g., GDPR, NIS2, DORA, EU Data Act, EU AI Act)
- Collaborate with and support commercial transactions including customer negotiations and vendor contracts as a subject matter expert on product, regulatory, and IP considerations
- Draft and maintain policies, playbooks, checklists, FAQs, and training materials to improve process and streamline stakeholder engagement
- Support IP matters, including open-source and IP portfolio management.
- Support security and customer incident management, law enforcement requests, and platform-abuse process and policy
What We're Looking For:
- JD from a respected institution and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years of legal experience, with in-house experience advising on product and regulatory matters
- Experience advising product managers, developers, and engineers and supporting agile product development teams by providing clear, actionable legal guidance in real time
- Knowledge of U.S. and global regulatory frameworks and their practical application in a fast-paced technology company
- Technology industry experience and familiarity with technical concepts such as APIs, encryption, LLMs, and cloud architecture
- A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex legal issues for a business audience
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to own matters and prioritize, manage, and complete projects independently in a dynamic, evolving environment
- A collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and values building relationships and improving process
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
Familiarity with intellectual property law (open-source experience is a bonus)
Work Hours:
This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
- San Francisco, CA
- New York, NY
- Denver, CO
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
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.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position is $179,670.00 to $253,644.00.
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.
Why Fastly?
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our 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 [email protected] or 501-287-4901.
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