Senior Edge Compute & Backend Engineer

As a Senior Edge Compute & Backend Engineer, you will join Cloudinary’s Delivery team, collaborating closely with both frontend and backend specialists. Your role involves driving feature development, maintaining core codebases, and managing our extensive multi-CDN delivery platform.

Our team oversees the global-scale delivery of Cloudinary customer assets and the underlying software and infrastructure. This encompasses our edge platform and CDN infrastructure designed for high-performance delivery, alongside the backend services that power them. We are trusted by leading global brands to provide high-fidelity media via flexible transformations, ensuring minimal latency and optimized bandwidth.

Key Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end solutions, guiding projects from initial requirements through to production.

- Act as a primary technical authority for delivery infrastructure for both internal teams and external partners.

- Develop and sustain internal microservices essential to the delivery platform.

- Integrate external services and partners while implementing custom in-house solutions.

- Engage in the team’s knowledge-sharing initiatives and provide 2nd-tier support, including on-call rotations.

- Resolve complex inquiries and technical questions from internal customers.

Qualifications

- At least 8 years of backend engineering experience or demonstrated exceptional talent.

- Proven experience developing with major CDNs like Fastly, Cloudflare, Akamai, or CloudFront.

- A self-driven, independent, and analytical mindset with deep technical knowledge.

- A data-centric approach to development, utilizing data warehouse and monitoring tools for insights.

Technical Profile

- Proficiency in multiple languages, specifically Go, JavaScript, and VCL.

- Practical experience with at least one major CDN provider, including development using VCL or JS.

Bonus Skills

- Background in distributed cloud-based architectures at high scale.

- Significant experience integrating and developing with various major CDN providers.

- Practical knowledge of AWS (Amazon Web Services).

- Experience with Rust, Ruby on Rails, or DevOps-oriented infrastructure.