Sr. SRE - Edge Engineer
Job Summary:
At iHerb, we are on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to everyone globally through our products and platforms. The Infrastructure Engineering team at iHerb focuses on improving our infrastructure, scalability, performance, reliability, and security of the systems and tools for our technology teams. We provide a wide range of services internally to our teams. Infrastructure Engineering teams comprises Cloud Operations (CloudOps), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Production Operations (ProdOps).
We are seeking a Sr. SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) Engineer with a focus on Edge Engineering who is passionate about technology. You will design, build, and maintain the systems that power iHerb’s global edge infrastructure. Your mission is to ensure high availability, low latency, and robust security for our edge services, enabling exceptional end-user experiences across geographically distributed platforms. You will work on scaling edge compute environments, integrating with CDN and DNS providers, and enforcing best practices in observability and incident response at the network edge.
This position will work alongside a global SRE team supporting a global multi-cloud infrastructure at scale. Working with high performing SRE Engineers requires a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of technologies, a focus on growing and developing the skills and talents of your team, and a passion for performance, reliability, and SaaS management at scale.
Sr. SRE - Edge Engineer Responsibilities:
This specific role will have a forward focus on our Edge Engineering. Developing and supporting infrastructure as code based controls and patterns over DNS, Cache rules, Page rules, WAF (Web Application Firewall) and serverless edge compute (e.g., Cloudflare Workers or Lambda@Edge) Additionally, contributing to and supporting edge-adjacent data architecture like DynamoDB Global Tables and Cloudflare KV/Durable Objects.
Architect and manage globally distributed edge service platforms leveraging CDN and edge compute capabilities.
Optimize latency, performance, and availability by configuring intelligent caching, traffic steering, and edge-routing strategies.
Collaborate with security teams to implement WAF rules and policies, DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and TLS termination at the edge layer.
Design observability systems to monitor edge latency, health, and traffic patterns, including real-time alerting and historical analysis.
Develop and maintain edge automation and infrastructure-as-code pipelines for deployments, testing, and versioning.
Lead edge-centric incident response efforts, including root cause analysis, blameless postmortems, and resiliency improvements.
Support development teams in leveraging SLIs and SLOs to improve availability and performance.
Collaborate with the ProdOps team on SOPs for incident management and escalation.
Partner with application, network, and platform teams to integrate edge architecture with core systems and services.
Champion and establish KPIs for measurement of the Edge Engineering practice’s success and improvement.
Provide guidance to other team members on managing end-to-end availability and performance of mission critical applications.
Building automation to prevent problem recurrence, and building automated responses.
Mentor and partner with other team members to design techniques and standards, and to cultivate innovation and collaboration across multiple teams.
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Participate in operational support on-call rotation.
Minimum Qualifications
Required:
Experience as a SRE Engineer or similar software engineering role
Experience with CDN platforms (e.g., Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly) and edge compute technologies (e.g., Cloudflare Workers, Lambda@Edge).
Strong understanding of Anycast routing, DNS traffic management, HTTP/3, TLS offload, and edge caching.
Experience with Kubernetes and Helm: provisioning, troubleshooting, managing
Experience with Terraform or IaaS tools
Familiarity with virtual edge products like Cloudflare
Proficient in open-source and commercial observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Datadog, NewRelic.
Ability to program (structured and/or OO) with one or more high level languages, such as Python, Java, Go
Systematic problem-solving approach, proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks.
Strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
Preferred:
BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
2 - 3 years of experience working with Cloudflare or other virtual edge products
3 - 5 years experience working with AWS or GCP
2 - 3 years supporting a kubernetes environment
E-commerce experience with high-traffic websites is highly desirable
Experience with Service Mesh and API Gateways (e.g., Consul, Envoy, Istio).
Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., Spinnaker, Jenkins, Harness) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
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The anticipated pay scale for this position can be found below, however the pay range applicable to you may vary by geographic location based on where the job is located or where you work. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, etc. iHerb, LLC is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations. Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in applicable plan documents are eligible to participate in our medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance programs and may enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan. Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company’s policies. Employees will enjoy paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents. Hired applicant may be awarded Restrict Stock Units and receive annual bonuses pursuant to eligibility and performance criteria defined in the respective plan documents and policies. For more information on iHerb benefits, visit us at iHerbBenefits.com.
Anticipated Pay Scale:
$115,850—$184,307 USD
Sr. SRE - Edge Engineer
Job Summary:
At iHerb, we are on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to everyone globally through our products and platforms. The Infrastructure Engineering team at iHerb focuses on improving our infrastructure, scalability, performance, reliability, and security of the systems and tools for our technology teams. We provide a wide range of services internally to our teams. Infrastructure Engineering teams comprises Cloud Operations (CloudOps), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Production Operations (ProdOps).
We are seeking a Sr. SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) Engineer with a focus on Edge Engineering who is passionate about technology. You will design, build, and maintain the systems that power iHerb’s global edge infrastructure. Your mission is to ensure high availability, low latency, and robust security for our edge services, enabling exceptional end-user experiences across geographically distributed platforms. You will work on scaling edge compute environments, integrating with CDN and DNS providers, and enforcing best practices in observability and incident response at the network edge.
This position will work alongside a global SRE team supporting a global multi-cloud infrastructure at scale. Working with high performing SRE Engineers requires a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of technologies, a focus on growing and developing the skills and talents of your team, and a passion for performance, reliability, and SaaS management at scale.
Sr. SRE - Edge Engineer Responsibilities:
This specific role will have a forward focus on our Edge Engineering. Developing and supporting infrastructure as code based controls and patterns over DNS, Cache rules, Page rules, WAF (Web Application Firewall) and serverless edge compute (e.g., Cloudflare Workers or Lambda@Edge) Additionally, contributing to and supporting edge-adjacent data architecture like DynamoDB Global Tables and Cloudflare KV/Durable Objects.
Architect and manage globally distributed edge service platforms leveraging CDN and edge compute capabilities.
Optimize latency, performance, and availability by configuring intelligent caching, traffic steering, and edge-routing strategies.
Collaborate with security teams to implement WAF rules and policies, DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and TLS termination at the edge layer.
Design observability systems to monitor edge latency, health, and traffic patterns, including real-time alerting and historical analysis.
Develop and maintain edge automation and infrastructure-as-code pipelines for deployments, testing, and versioning.
Lead edge-centric incident response efforts, including root cause analysis, blameless postmortems, and resiliency improvements.
Support development teams in leveraging SLIs and SLOs to improve availability and performance.
Collaborate with the ProdOps team on SOPs for incident management and escalation.
Partner with application, network, and platform teams to integrate edge architecture with core systems and services.
Champion and establish KPIs for measurement of the Edge Engineering practice’s success and improvement.
Provide guidance to other team members on managing end-to-end availability and performance of mission critical applications.
Building automation to prevent problem recurrence, and building automated responses.
Mentor and partner with other team members to design techniques and standards, and to cultivate innovation and collaboration across multiple teams.
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Participate in operational support on-call rotation.
Minimum Qualifications
Required:
Experience as a SRE Engineer or similar software engineering role
Experience with CDN platforms (e.g., Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly) and edge compute technologies (e.g., Cloudflare Workers, Lambda@Edge).
Strong understanding of Anycast routing, DNS traffic management, HTTP/3, TLS offload, and edge caching.
Experience with Kubernetes and Helm: provisioning, troubleshooting, managing
Experience with Terraform or IaaS tools
Familiarity with virtual edge products like Cloudflare
Proficient in open-source and commercial observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Datadog, NewRelic.
Ability to program (structured and/or OO) with one or more high level languages, such as Python, Java, Go
Systematic problem-solving approach, proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks.
Strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
Preferred:
BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
2 - 3 years of experience working with Cloudflare or other virtual edge products
3 - 5 years experience working with AWS or GCP
2 - 3 years supporting a kubernetes environment
E-commerce experience with high-traffic websites is highly desirable
Experience with Service Mesh and API Gateways (e.g., Consul, Envoy, Istio).
Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., Spinnaker, Jenkins, Harness) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
#LI-JC1
The anticipated pay scale for this position can be found below, however the pay range applicable to you may vary by geographic location based on where the job is located or where you work. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, etc. iHerb, LLC is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations. Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in applicable plan documents are eligible to participate in our medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance programs and may enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan. Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company’s policies. Employees will enjoy paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents. Hired applicant may be awarded Restrict Stock Units and receive annual bonuses pursuant to eligibility and performance criteria defined in the respective plan documents and policies. For more information on iHerb benefits, visit us at iHerbBenefits.com.
Anticipated Pay Scale:
$115,850—$184,307 USD