Fastly

Senior Product Designer

Fastly$155K — $186K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience designing workflows and interfaces for enterprise web applications or equivalent.
  • Strong design portfolio showcasing end-to-end design solutions and intuitive interfaces.
  • Effective communicator and problem solver with experience presenting in company meetings.
  • Skilled in incorporating feedback from cross-functional teams into design work.
  • Proficient with user research methodologies and usability testing tools.
  • Expert proficiency with Figma, Adobe CC, Claude Code, or similar design tools.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Management and UX Research to ideate on design solutions for customer expectations and business requirements.
  • Translate design solutions into navigation flows, wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes.
  • Conduct user research including usability testing and present findings to stakeholders.
  • Improve the design system by recommending new patterns and practices.
  • Stay updated on advancements in design tools and processes and recommend improvements.
  • Mentor and provide design guidance to other team members in the product design team.
  • Lead workshops with cross-functional teams in design thinking and brainstorming sessions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • Support for family planning and mental health with resources like an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Flexible vacation policy and up to 18 days of paid sick leave per year.
  • 401(k) plan with company match and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • 12 paid local holidays and 12 paid wellness days for improved work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Posting Open Date: May 28, 2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: June 28, 2026

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

Senior Product Designer

As a senior member of the Product Design team, you will help us redefine what's possible with the way the world experiences the internet. You will focus on translating complex business problems into highly-intuitive design solutions and act as the user advocate throughout the product development life cycle. You will drive design strategy for our products, working closely with Product Management, UX Research, Engineering, and Client Services to bring world-class experiences to Fastly customers. You possess a strong passion for understanding users and building products that empower them to build fast, secure applications.

What You'll Do
  • You'll partner with Product Management and UX Research to identify and ideate on design solutions to meet customer expectations and business requirements. Translate design solutions into navigation flows, wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes. Continuously iterate over designs to improve the user experience.
  • You'll partner with Engineers closely to evaluate design alternatives, ensure that solutions are technically feasible and reuse established interaction patterns and UI components when appropriate.
  • You'll plan and conduct user research, including: usability testing, contextual interviews, task analysis and surveys. Share findings from research in a presentation setting.
  • You'll improve upon the design system, making recommendations for new patterns and standardized practice.
  • You'll stay at the forefront of advances in tools and processes in the design community and recommend improvements to Fastly processes.
  • You'll provide mentorship and design guidance for other product design team members.
  • You'll lead workshops with Product, UX Research, Client Services, and Engineering teams in design thinking, customer journey mapping exercises, and other brainstorming sessions.

What We're Looking For
  • You have 7+ years experience designing workflows and interfaces for enterprise web applications or equivalent.
  • You have a strong design portfolio of work with a proven track record of creating end-to-end design solutions and creating intuitive interfaces for customers.
  • You are an effective communicator and problem solver who can present user research and design solutions in company-wide meetings.
  • You are skilled at explaining your design intentions to cross-functional teams and incorporating their feedback to improve your work.
  • You have experience with user research methodologies and usability testing tools, including but not limited to collecting design feedback from customers or customer proxies.
  • You have expert proficiency with Figma, Adobe CC, Claude Code, or similar design and prototyping tools.

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
  • Experience working with SaaS enterprise software for technical users
  • Experience designing for WCAG accessibility standards
  • Experience writing HTML/CSS/Javascript code by hand

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 Fastly office locations or open to remote within the United States:
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Denver, CO
  • New York, NY
  • Remote within the US

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $155,370 to $186,444.

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 12 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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