Hiring: Engineering Manager, CDN Company: Vercel Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 11:22:35 Target Skills & Keywords : CDN, Lua, Next.js, Node.js, TLS, Vercel About the job Experience: •8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems •3+ years managing engineers (managing managers is a plus) Required Skills: •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. Qualifications: •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 •Have experience with Go, Lua, or Node at the edge; running high-signal hiring pipelines •Collaborating with product/PMM on customer-facing narratives. Compensation: •$196,000 - $336,000 / year •Competitive compensation package, including equity Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!