Cloud Network Engineer - Technical Lead

This posting will be open until November 30, 2026. Applications received after this date may not be considered.
Redfin is redefining real estate in the consumer's favor by combining our own technology and agents to create a service that's better, faster, and costs less. As a Redfinnian, you'll make a difference in one of life's most important events-buying or selling a home. Our hiring standards are high, yet our culture is humble. We've got all the perks, but if what you value most is doing great work in a creative, collaborative, and disciplined environment, join us!
As Tech Lead for CDN & Cloud Networking on the Cloud Network team, you will set the technical direction for how traffic reaches Redfin and moves through our AWS environment: from the edge to origin, including the access controls around it. You'll be the engineer other teams turn to for edge, networking, and the person who makes the engineers around you more effective.
About the Role

• Set Technical Direction: Own strategy and architecture for Redfin's CDN, edge, and cloud network, turning a high-level vision into goals and designs that several engineering teams build on, and making choices that are right for the company as a whole.
• Lead Ambiguous, Cross-Team Work: Take on open-ended problems with no obvious solution, define the goals, and drive them to measurable results with Platform, SEO, Infosec, and product teams, building consensus on complicated decisions along the way.
• Be the Go-To Expert: Act as an authority on CDN and cloud networking, teaching and unblocking engineers across the organization through design reviews, clear written proposals, and incident support.
• Multiply the Team: Mentor the team's next senior engineers, set the quality bar for Infrastructure as Code, and introduce the tooling and processes that reduce toil and technical debt. Interview senior candidates and help drive hiring decisions.
• Evaluate & Measure: Stay current on industry trends, evaluate new AWS services and vendors and lead their adoption, and define the metrics (availability, latency, cost, security posture) that show the impact of the work.

About You

• 8+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, including 5+ in AWS, with deep expertise in CloudFront, API Gateway, VPC, Transit Gateway, WAF, Shield, Route 53.
• 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 to production, and of mentoring engineers to the senior level.
• Expert-level Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Spacelift, Terraform Cloud, Atlantis, or CloudFormation), including designing modules and stacks other teams use, plus proficiency in Python, JavaScript/Node, or similar.
• Deep experience with observability tooling such as Datadog and CloudWatch, used to define SLOs and drive decisions.
• Nice to have: VPC Lattice, Control Tower, Service Catalog, Account Factory, IAM Identity Center, AWS Organizations, Cognito and edge security experience on high-traffic consumer sites.

What you'll get
Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We've got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks .
About us
Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning website and mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment, join our team!
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The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements. The compensation for this position is $160,700.00-$217,400.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid-time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here . The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company's current, good faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position, that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.