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$196,000 – $336,000
Listed on Vercel’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Lead Vercel's CDN, proxy, and edge caching infrastructure as an engineering manager, responsible for operating critical systems at scale while building and coaching a high-performing team. This role balances technical strategy with people leadership, translating business goals into product roadmaps and driving cross-functional alignment across the organization.
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- 3+ years managing engineers
- Demonstrated success leading CDN, proxy, caching, or edge infrastructure
- Ability to translate business goals into technical strategy
- Establish trust and psychological safety on teams
- Facilitate technical conflict resolution
- Knowledge of HTTP, TLS, caching strategies, load shedding, capacity planning, observability, and cost optimization
Nice to have
- Experience with Go, Lua, or Node at the edge
- Experience running high-signal hiring pipelines
- Collaborating with product and marketing on customer-facing narratives
- Experience managing managers