Product Manager, Networking + CDN
About the role
As a Product Manager, Networking + CDN, you’ll own two product areas: Networking (service mesh, Perimeter, VPC connectivity, and Microfrontends) and CDN (the caching layer, WAF and DDoS mitigation, domains, and general ingress). You’ll set direction for how applications and services connect securely, how traffic enters Vercel, and how content is delivered quickly and reliably around the world. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, in the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
What you'll do
Own the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap across Vercel’s Networking and CDN product areas
Evolve existing Networking and CDN products by defining new features and designing new product surfaces
Define pricing for new products and features
Partner with Engineering on performance and reliability across Networking and CDN
Work directly with Enterprise customers and the field on connectivity, networking, performance, and security requirements that block adoption or scale
What you need
8+ years of product management experience, including building and shipping networking, CDN infrastructure, service mesh, or private connectivity products
Technical depth in service-to-service networking, VPC connectivity, HTTP caching semantics, cache invalidation, TLS, DNS, global request routing, and the routing challenges of composing independently deployed services into applications
Worked on Layer 7 security products such as WAF, DDoS mitigation, or bot management
Owned multiple connected products and set direction that other product teams built against
Worked directly with Enterprise customers on networking, connectivity, and security requirements
Used usage, reliability, and performance data to drive roadmap decisions
Bonus if you
Have worked at a cloud provider or on a serverless, container, or edge compute platform
Have operated production network infrastructure, or worked on products where incident response and postmortems are a regular part of the job
Have worked with compliance and security requirements in enterprise procurement
Compensation & Benefits:
Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Inclusive Healthcare Package.
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Flexible Time Off.
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $208,000 - $312,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.