Cloud Network Engineer - Technical Lead
About The Position
Redfin is seeking a technical lead for CDN and cloud networking on its Cloud Network team. The role sets the technical direction for how traffic reaches Redfin and moves through its AWS environment, from the edge to origin, including related access controls. The engineer serves as an authority on edge networking and helps other teams work effectively. The position owns the strategy and architecture for Redfin’s CDN, edge, and cloud network; leads ambiguous, cross-team initiatives from goal-setting through measurable outcomes; and works with Platform, SEO, Infosec, and product teams to build consensus on complex decisions. It also involves mentoring engineers, establishing Infrastructure as Code quality standards, improving tooling and processes, supporting hiring, evaluating AWS services and vendors, and defining metrics for availability, latency, cost, and security posture.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, including at least 5 years in AWS.
- Deep expertise in CloudFront, API Gateway, VPC, Transit Gateway, WAF, Shield, and Route 53.
- At least 4 years establishing, managing, and scaling a multi-account cloud environment.
- A track record of leading technical projects across several engineering teams from an ambiguous starting point through production.
- Experience mentoring engineers to senior level.
- Expert-level Infrastructure as Code experience, including Terraform, Spacelift, Terraform Cloud, Atlantis, or CloudFormation, and designing modules and stacks used by other teams.
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/Node, or a similar language.
- Deep experience with observability tools such as Datadog and CloudWatch, used to define SLOs and drive decisions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with VPC Lattice, Control Tower, Service Catalog, Account Factory, IAM Identity Center, AWS Organizations, Cognito, and edge security on high-traffic consumer sites.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategy and architecture for Redfin’s CDN, edge, and cloud network, translating vision into goals and designs used by multiple engineering teams.
- Lead ambiguous cross-team work by defining goals and driving initiatives to measurable results with Platform, SEO, Infosec, and product teams.
- Build consensus on complex technical decisions.
- Serve as an authority on CDN and cloud networking; teach and unblock engineers through design reviews, written proposals, and incident support.
- Mentor engineers toward senior-level roles.
- Set the quality bar for Infrastructure as Code and introduce tooling and processes that reduce toil and technical debt.
- Interview senior candidates and help drive hiring decisions.
- Track industry trends, evaluate AWS services and vendors, and lead adoption of selected solutions.
- Define metrics for availability, latency, cost, and security posture to measure the impact of the work.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Annual bonus and incentives may be available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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