Engineering Manager, CDN

<div class="content-intro"><h2>About Vercel:</h2> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company. We free people and agents to ship what’s next.</span></p> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">For more than a decade, Vercel has shaped how the web is built. As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, we create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.</span></p> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Now, software is entering a new era, and the next generation of products will not just be used by people. They will be built, extended, and operated by agents.</span></p> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">We are building the platform for that future, trusted by companies like&nbsp;<strong>OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide</strong>. Whether you’re building our products, supporting our customers, growing our community, or shaping our story, you’ll help define what comes next.</span></p></div><h2>About the Role:</h2> <p>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:&nbsp;Operate critical systems exceptionally (latency, reliability, COGS), and align the team to product and business goals, translating strategy into a clear roadmap</p> <p>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.&nbsp;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.</p> <h2>About You:</h2> <ul> <li>8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems</li> <li>3+ years managing engineers (managing managers is a plus)</li> <li>Demonstrated success leading CDN/proxy/caching/edge or similar high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure</li> <li>Proven ability to translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-org alignment</li> <li>Track record establishing trust, psychological safety, and clear expectations; skilled at timely, candid feedback</li> <li>Strong facilitator in technical conflict—you listen, synthesize, decide, and bring the team with you</li> <li>Competence across HTTP, TLS, caching strategies, load shedding, capacity planning, observability, and cost optimization</li> </ul> <h2>Bonus If You:</h2> <ul> <li>Have experience with<strong> </strong>G