Fastly

Manager - Customer Solutions Engineering

Fastly$142K — $201K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in Pre-Sales/Post-Sales roles within Sales Engineering or Technical Account Management
  • 2+ years of experience leading technical teams
  • Proven success managing client relationships
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Broad technical knowledge in cloud architecture and software development
  • Adaptable with a focus on customer experience
  • Willingness to travel for client engagements

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support a team of technical customer engineers to ensure client success
  • Define and implement strategic objectives for Customer Solutions Engineering
  • Foster cross-departmental relationships with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams
  • Advocate for customer needs internally, addressing escalations and technical requirements
  • Establish and optimize team workflows and processes to address customer demands

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
  • Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program available
  • Flexible vacation policy and up to 18 days paid sick leave
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • 11 paid local holidays and 12 paid wellness days annually
Full Job Description
Manager - Customer Solutions Engineering

Posting Open Date: 06/03/26

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 08/17/26

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Fastly is looking for an exceptional customer-centric leader to manage a team of Cloud Engineers. Fastly's Cloud Engineers are the named technical contact for our largest and most complex customers, providing technical strategy and Fastly insight for mutual alignment.

As Manager, Customer Solutions Engineering, this role is responsible for providing effective leadership across the team to ensure customer growth and retention through ongoing engagement and high value deliverables on designated accounts. Key activities include driving internal alignment to ensure a high quality customer experience, measuring technical and performance results, assisting with customer meetings and escalations, providing feedback and coaching to develop the team, and creating operational plans to scale team impact.

What you'll do
  • Lead a team of highly-technical customer engineers ensuring overall customer success
  • Develop strategic direction and execute on key objectives for Customer Solutions Engineering
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in Client Services, Sales, Product and Engineering.
  • Champion customer asks internally, including escalations, risks, new opportunities, and technical requirements for maintaining and growing customer relationships.
  • Maintain and create new team workflows, SLAs, and processes to efficiently handle customer needs.

What we're looking for
  • 8 + years Pre-Sales or Post-Sales experience in Sales Engineering, Web Development, Customer facing DevOps Engineer, Technical Account Management, Solutions Architect
  • 2+ years of relevant experience leading people associated with technical management of client relationships
  • Demonstrated experience and success in handling client relationships either on a primary or secondary basis
  • Exceptional communication skills, detail-oriented, and self-motivated leader with strong analytical skills.
  • Broad technical expertise including cloud and internet architecture, as well as scripting/software development experience
  • Ability to embrace change while maintaining focus on results and customer experience
  • Capable and willing to travel for customer meetings as necessary

Work Hours:
  • This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following office location:
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Denver, CO
  • New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. We do not support relocation.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $142,630 to $201,348.

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 2026, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

About Fastly

Fastly is an American cloud computing services provider. 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. Fastly's customers include many of the world's most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub. Fastly was founded in 2011 by Artur Bergman, Simon Wistow, and Gil Penchina. The company went public on May 15, 2019, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'FSLY'.
Learn more about Fastly
Size
976 employees
Market Cap
$936.2 million
Industry
Net Income
-$95.9 million
Founded
2011
Revenue
$290.8 million
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