Engineering Manager, CDN
Posted by employer 11 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: seniority, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Engineering Manager for CDN at Vercel oversees the team responsible for the company's core infrastructure, focusing on performance and reliability of CDN, proxy, and edge caching systems. This role requires extensive experience in managing large-scale distributed systems and a strong background in technical leadership, particularly in CDN and low-latency infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in aligning technical strategies with business goals while fostering a high-trust environment. Vercel emphasizes a collaborative culture, making this position suitable for those who excel in team dynamics and cross-organizational alignment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Vercel's careers page October 28, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 29% of 38 comparable management roles in United States that list Go we track (median $204,227 across 19 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 1.8% of 3061 comparable management roles in United States; CDN appears in 0.1% of 3061 comparable management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Engineering Manager, CDN role remote?
- It's hybrid — Vercel expects some on-site time in Hybrid - San Francisco.
- What's the salary range?
- Vercel lists $196,000–$336,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager, CDN role.
- Where is the role based?
- Vercel is hiring for this position in Hybrid - San Francisco.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CDN, Go, HTTP, Lua, Node.js, TLS.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Manager, CDN role at Vercel.
From the original posting
About Vercel:
About the role
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.
What you need
- 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.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $196,000.00 - $336,000.00. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Disclosures:
Standard company text repeated across Vercel's postings is omitted here.