Engineering Manager, Cloud Networking

Redfin Redfin · Seattle · Washington, WA · Remote

Engineering Manager for Cloud Networking & Edge, leading a team responsible for the digital backbone of Redfin, including edge networking and internal cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, security, and resilience for a high-traffic public website. The role involves team leadership, technical strategy for edge services and internal networking, operational excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic planning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a team of four engineers responsible for the digital backbone of Redfin.
  2. Oversee the edge networking and internal cloud infrastructure that supports our high-traffic public website, ensuring it remains performant, secure, and resilient.
  3. Direct the career growth and performance of four engineers, providing consistent coaching and feedback to maximize employee retention and technical excellence.
  4. Drive the architecture for edge services (CloudFront, WAF, Route53) and internal networking (VPC, Transit Gateway) to support massive daily traffic volumes and long-term product goals.
  5. Refine engineering processes to ensure the team delivers high-quality results on a predictable schedule while balancing technical debt against product roadmap needs.

Skills

Required

  • Team Leadership
  • Technical Strategy
  • Operational Excellence
  • Cross-Functional Partnership
  • Strategic Planning
  • AWS networking
  • edge delivery services
  • CloudFront
  • API Gateway
  • VPC Lattice
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Spacelift)
  • Cloud observability platforms (Datadog/CloudWatch)

Nice to have

  • WAF
  • Route53
  • VPC
  • Transit Gateway
  • multi-account cloud environments
  • public-facing consumer traffic

What the JD emphasized

  • 2+ years of experience in a formal engineering management role
  • 5+ years of experience with AWS networking and edge delivery services
  • track record of managing multi-account cloud environments
  • scaling infrastructure
  • highly proficient in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Spacelift)
  • cloud observability platforms such as Datadog or CloudWatch