Vercel
Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $196k–$294k
- Mid level
- Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City
- 3+ yrs exp
- Added 1 month ago
About this role
Vercel seeks a Software Engineer to own the agentic infrastructure powering millions of builds daily, designing and operating scalable microservices that enable agents and developers to ship software at scale. You'll take end-to-end responsibility for build and deployment systems, driving reliability, performance, and developer experience across the platform.
What you'll do
- Own and evolve infrastructure powering Vercel's build and deployment lifecycle, including webhooks, database schemas, and scalable APIs
- Design and operate high-performance microservices processing millions of builds daily
- Lead end-to-end projects from opportunity identification through technical direction and delivery
- Collaborate across teams to align infrastructure with company goals and ensure seamless workflows
- Participate in on-call rotation and take responsibility for critical system reliability
- Contribute to open-source projects and establish scalability and reliability standards
What they're looking for
- JavaScript/TypeScript backend development
- Distributed systems design and operation at scale
- AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform
- Microservices architecture
- Database design and optimization
- Cross-team collaboration and technical leadership
- CI/CD and build systems
- On-call incident response and reliability practices
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package with equity
- Inclusive healthcare coverage
- Mentorship and professional development opportunities
- Networking and skill-building event access
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Vercel
Vercel builds a global content delivery platform and developer infrastructure centered on modern web frameworks like Next.js, along with AI-powered workflow and agent platforms. The company is hiring software engineers across infrastructure, full-stack, open-source, and AI teams to work primarily with TypeScript, Go, React, and Lua on performance optimization, developer tools, and intelligent automation features.
- Industry
- Technology & Software
- Website
- vercel.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe a large-scale distributed system you've designed end-to-end—what were the key reliability and performance challenges?
- How have you approached optimizing build systems or CI/CD pipelines for high throughput and low latency?