Engineering Manager, CDN

Vercel
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 196,000 - 336,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Decision-making","Conflict resolution"]

Lead and coach the team responsible for Vercel’s CDN, proxy, and edge caching infrastructure, delivering high throughput, low latency systems while aligning technical work with product and business goals. Drive strategy, roadmaps, and cross-org collaboration, balancing technical depth with people leadership and delegation.

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Vercel
Vercel
10 months ago

Engineering Manager, CDN

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Job Summary

Lead and coach the team responsible for Vercel’s CDN, proxy, and edge caching infrastructure, delivering high throughput, low latency systems while aligning technical work with product and business goals. Drive strategy, roadmaps, and cross-org collaboration, balancing technical depth with people leadership and delegation.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the team responsible for Vercel’s CDN, proxy, and edge caching systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • •Set direction and roadmap, grow people, and balance technical depth with people leadership in a high-trust, autonomous environment.
  • •Code when needed for high-leverage work, otherwise delegate, coach, and align the team with product and business goals.
  • •Translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-organizational alignment.
  • •Foster psychological safety, provide timely and clear feedback, and facilitate constructive technical conflict resolution.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 196,000 - 336,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityHealth InsuranceFlexible TimeRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •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
Experience:8+ yearsCDNEdgeHigh-throughputLow-latencyDistributed systems
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationDecision-makingConflict resolution
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoLuaNodeHTTPTLSCachingObservabilityCost optimization

Company Brief

Vercel
Provides a frontend cloud platform and developer tools (including Next.js and v0) that simplify building, deploying, and scaling web and AI-native applications for developers and enterprises.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series F
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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