Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve infrastructure supporting 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 projects end-to-end, from identifying opportunities and defining technical direction to delivering performance, reliability, and developer-experience improvements.
• Collaborate across teams to align infrastructure with company goals and enable seamless developer workflows.
• Shape the long-term vision and standards for agentic infrastructure, scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and take responsibility for critical-system reliability.
• Contribute to the open-source community and write clean, efficient, tested, and documented code.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience designing, building, and operating backend applications and distributed systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Strong proficiency with AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from design and implementation through long-term production operation.
• Ability to collaborate across teams, influence priorities, drive alignment, and reason about architectural tradeoffs.
• Experience mentoring, conducting code reviews, or otherwise improving team engineering practices.
• Bonus: familiarity with React or Next.js, experience with DynamoDB, developer or CI/CD platforms, open-source contributions, monorepo or polyrepo build optimization, build caching, artifact storage, or dependency management at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including equity.
• Inclusive healthcare package.
• Mentorship and opportunities to attend professional events.
• Flexible time off.
• Company-provided equipment and a work-from-home budget.
• The role’s base pay range is $196,000.00-$294,000.00, with location-based adjustments outside San Francisco and potential additional benefits, equity, bonus, or variable pay.