Vercel · 5 hours ago
Engineering Manager, CDN
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$196K/yr - $336K/yr
8+ years expVercel is a company that provides developers with tools and cloud infrastructure for building a faster, more personalized web. The Engineering Manager for CDN will lead the team responsible for Vercel’s core infrastructure, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost efficiency while aligning with product and business goals.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureDeveloper PlatformSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
You’ll lead the team responsible for Vercel’s CDN, proxy, and edge caching systems—the core infrastructure that powers performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for every customer request at Vercel
Your mandate is twofold: Operate critical systems exceptionally (latency, reliability, COGS), and align the team to product and business goals, translating strategy into a clear roadmap
You will set direction, grow people, and create the conditions for high trust, high autonomy, and high output—balancing technical depth with strong people leadership
This is a manager role, not a principal IC role
You’ll code when it’s the highest leverage (e.g., prototypes/unblocking), but your default is delegation, coaching, and alignment
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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.
Company
Vercel
Vercel is a developer platform that provides cloud infrastructure services for the web.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$863MKey Investors
AccelBedrockGoogle Ventures
2025-09-30Series F· $300M
2024-05-16Series E· $250M
2021-11-23Series D· $150M
Leadership Team
Guillermo Rauch
CEO
Malte Ubl
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-12-13
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