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Engineering Manager, CDN

Vercel · Hybrid - San Francisco

Posted about 2 months ago · $196,000.00 - $336,000.00

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
55 days
Vercel's roles stay open a median of 56 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
79% of Vercel's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Vercel
high
74 stale, 3 reposted of 91 open
Hiring momentum
109 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-28

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Vercel's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Vercel.

About this role

As an Engineering Manager for Vercel's CDN, you will lead a team focused on the infrastructure that ensures performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for customer requests. Your role involves operating critical systems, aligning team efforts with product and business goals, and fostering a high-trust environment while balancing technical depth with people leadership. You will primarily delegate and coach, stepping in to code only when necessary to unblock the team.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Vercel as an employer.

What you need

  • 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • 3+ years managing engineers
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Experience with Go, Lua, or Node at the edge
  • Running high-signal hiring pipelines
  • Collaborating with product/PMM on customer-facing narratives

What you get

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity
  • Inclusive Healthcare Package
  • Learn and Grow - mentorship and events for skill building
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Gear provision and WFH budget

Worth weighing

  • Manager role with a focus on delegation and coaching rather than coding
  • High-level responsibilities may require balancing technical and people management skills

Summarised from Vercel's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Vercel on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-28. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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