Engineering Manager, CDN
Leads engineering team building and operating Vercel's CDN, proxy, and edge caching infrastructure for high performance and reliability. Requires 8+ years in distributed systems and 3+ years managing engineers, with expertise in low-latency systems.
About the job
About You
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- 3+ years managing engineers (managing managers is a plus)
- Demonstrated success leading CDN/proxy/caching/edge or similar high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure
- Proven ability to translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-org alignment
- Track record establishing trust, psychological safety, and clear expectations; skilled at timely, candid feedback
- Strong facilitator in technical conflict—you listen, synthesize, decide, and bring the team with you
- Competence across HTTP, TLS, caching strategies, load shedding, capacity planning, observability, and cost optimization
Bonus If You
- Have experience with Go, Lua, or Node at the edge; running high-signal hiring pipelines
- Collaborating with product/PMM on customer-facing narratives.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
Skills
Cdn, Proxy, Edge Caching, Distributed Systems, Http, Tls, Go, Lua, Node.js, Observability
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