✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Software Engineer, Lua

at Vercel

📍 Remote - United States Remote Posted March 20, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

Vercel is seeking a Software Engineer to help scale and improve their CDN infrastructure, focusing on Lua and web performance optimization. The role involves designing systems, writing code, and working with cloud and edge services.

  • Design CDN primitives
  • Optimize CDN reliability
  • Analyze web latency
  • Develop in Lua
  • Collaborate with teams

The role involves working with Lua, web servers, HTTP protocols, cloud platforms, networking, TLS, caching, and edge computing to enhance CDN services and web performance.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level software engineer with over 5 years of experience in Lua, web servers, and HTTP protocols. They are collaborative, innovative, and experienced in optimizing web performance and working with cloud and edge infrastructure.

5+ years of experience with Luaweb serversHTTP
Golangcloud providersnetworkingTLScaching
Vercel CDNcloud platforms
Luaweb serversHTTPGolangcloud platformsnetworkingTLScachingroutingedge services
Luaweb serversHTTPGolangcloud platformsnetworkingTLScachingroutingedge services
collaborativeteam playerinnovativeproblem-solvingexperimenting
Industry SaaS
Job Function Developing and optimizing CDN infrastructure for web performance
Role Subtype Cloud & Infrastructure
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes
Luaweb serversHTTPGolangcloud platformsnetworkingTLScachingroutingedge servicesCDNcloud infrastructureweb latencyperformance optimizationedge computing

Less than 5 years of experience with Lua, Lack of experience with web servers or HTTP, No experience in cloud infrastructure

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