Staff Software Engineer, Edge

Posted 2mo ago

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Build Edge systems using in-house implementation, open-source software like Envoy proxy, and multiple CDN & DNS providers
Balance build vs. leverage vs. orchestrate across vendors
Drive automation traffic management efforts, designing solutions to manage bots and crawlers at scale
Design and implement request processing logic in Envoy for routing, traffic classification, and enforcement
Write, review, and maintain code in C++, Golang, and Python
Collaborate with CDN vendors and internal platform teams to define integration points
Study internal user pain points with the rate limiting platform and translate findings into a prioritized roadmap
Mentor engineers within the team and demonstrate technical leadership
Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis, and operational tasks
Participate in oncall for Edge systems and drive incident response, post-mortems, and reliability improvements

6+ years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering
Deep focus on traffic management systems (CDN, HTTP gateways, service mesh, or load balancing)
Proficiency in C++, Golang, or Python
Experience developing L7 HTTP proxies such as Envoy, Nginx, Varnish, and Traefik
Deep understanding of network protocols across L3-L7
Hands-on experience debugging production networking issues at scale
Experience gathering requirements from internal users
Experience aligning cross-functional stakeholders
Experience delivering credible technical plans
Proven ability to design distributed systems architectures
Proven ability to drive designs from proposal through proof of concept to production
Demonstrated experience using AI to accelerate engineering workflows
Clear approach to validating correctness and quality of AI-accelerated work
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Experience with bot detection, scraping prevention, or automation traffic management systems

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