Full-Time

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

CDN

Posted on 8/21/2026

Locals

Locals

51-200 employees

Subscription-based platform empowering paying creators

Compensation Overview

CA$132k - CA$195k/yr

+ Equity

Toronto, ON, Canada + 4 more

More locations: Washington, DC, USA | Miami, FL, USA | New York, NY, USA | Sarasota, FL, USA

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Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
TCP/IP
Bash
Python
Computer Networking
Perl
Linux/Unix

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Requirements
  • At least 8 years of relevant network, systems, or infrastructure engineering experience.
  • Strong understanding of IP networking, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, DNS, and internet traffic routing.
  • Hands-on experience operating or supporting content delivery network, edge, reverse-proxy, caching, load-balancing, or high-volume web-delivery infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of caching behavior, including cache-control directives, time-to-live values, cache keys, invalidation or purge mechanisms, and origin shielding.
  • Experience optimizing availability, latency, throughput, and capacity for high-traffic production services.
  • Strong Linux systems experience in a production environment.
  • Experience automating infrastructure through Python, Bash, Perl, or similar scripting languages.
  • Expert troubleshooting skills and the ability to remain calm and methodical during high-impact incidents.
  • Excellent technical documentation and verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
  • Design, build, operate, and improve Rumble’s content delivery network and edge-delivery infrastructure.
  • Improve video and content-delivery performance through cache optimization, traffic steering, load balancing, routing improvements, and capacity planning.
  • Develop and maintain systems for origin protection, cache hierarchy, cache-fill behavior, cache invalidation, failover, and traffic distribution across points of presence.
  • Partner with network, systems, and software engineering teams to diagnose and resolve latency, throughput, availability, and delivery-quality issues.
  • Build and maintain automation for configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and operational workflows.
  • Contribute to capacity planning, infrastructure expansion, and operational readiness for high-traffic services.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation, respond to incidents, drive resolution, and communicate status clearly to stakeholders.
  • Document infrastructure designs, operational procedures, incident findings, and subsequent reliability improvements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with anycast, BGP, traffic engineering, and multi-region traffic failover.
  • Experience with DNS-based traffic steering, geo-routing, or global load balancing.
  • Familiarity with DDoS mitigation techniques and origin-protection strategies.
  • Experience with open-source routing daemons on Linux, such as BIRD or FRR.
  • Experience supporting video delivery, streaming media, or other bandwidth-intensive platforms.

Locals provides a subscription-based platform where independent creators can host videos, podcasts, and articles for their own private communities. Creators set their own membership prices and use a tiered system to unlock features like live-streaming, while followers pay for "Supporter" status to access exclusive content and discussion boards. Unlike mainstream social media, Locals allows creators to own their audience data and set their own moderation rules without relying on advertising revenue. The company's goal is to provide a space for free speech where creators can build a sustainable business through direct financial support from their fans.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$3.8M

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

N/A

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Rumble Q1 2026 revenue reached $25.5 million, up from $23.7 million year-over-year.
  • Rumble's July 1 2026 program pays creators for signups, watch time, and subscriptions.
  • Locals.com remained active in app stores through May 2026, signaling continued product support.

What critics are saying

  • Rumble Q1 2026 lost $30.3 million, pressuring Locals investment and margins.
  • Rumble's July 1 2026 creator rules tightened sharply, shrinking payouts for weaker creators.
  • If Rumble pivots away from creator subsidies, Locals loses distribution, tooling, and relevance.

What makes Locals unique

  • Locals lets creators own audiences, pricing, and content, unlike ad-driven platforms.
  • Rumble integration gives Locals creators video, podcasts, paywalls, and live community tools.
  • Creators monetize direct subscriptions and comments stay supporter-gated, reducing free-rider spam.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Stock Options

Company Equity

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Adoption Assistance

Childcare Support

Bereavement Leave

Meal Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Employee Discounts

Gym Membership

Commuter Benefits

Educational Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Certification Support

Training Programs

Mentorship Program

Job Stipend - Not Applicable

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

49%

1 year growth

49%

2 year growth

49%
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