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Senior Edge Compute & Backend Engineer

Cloudinary is a SaaS technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Israel, England, Poland, and Singapore. The company provides cloud-based image and video management services. It enables…

Location
Kraków
Company size
200–500
Posted
2w ago
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Senior Edge Compute & Backend Engineer - Cloudinary

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Job Title
Senior Edge Compute & Backend Engineer
Job Location
Kraków
Job Description

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.

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    Cloudinary Headquarters Location

    Santa Clara, CA

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    Cloudinary Company Size

    Between 200 - 500 employees

    Cloudinary Founded Year

    2012

    Cloudinary Total Amount Raised

    $100,000,000

    Cloudinary Funding Rounds

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    • Secondary Market

      $100,000,000 USD

    • Secondary Market

      $100,000,000 USD