Software Engineer, Platform

Reposted 7 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Mid level
Software
The Role
The role involves building and maintaining Vercel's API infrastructure, optimizing developer velocity, and ensuring code health. The engineer will work closely with product teams as 'Customer 0' and manage CI/CD systems.
Summary Generated by Built In

About Vercel:

Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. Customers like Under Armour, eBay, The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, and Zapier use Vercel to build dynamic user experiences on the web.

At Vercel, our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products and that goes hand in hand with creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.

About the Team:

We are looking for a software engineer to join our Platform team. The Platform team is a group of experienced engineers managing infrastructure, improving developer velocity, and ensuring the security, reliability, and scalability of our software. We are highly engaged in shaping the engineering culture at Vercel, and operate as “the execution arm” of the CTO’s office.

About the Role:

  • Build and maintain the API control plane that powers vercel.com and the infrastructure that supports it.
  • Operate as “Customer 0” — we use Vercel to build Vercel and act as the primary feedback mechanism for our product teams.
  • Own codebase health, iteration velocity, and developer experience for all of Vercel engineering.

About You:

  • Deploying and operating Node.js microservices in production
  • Deploying to managed Kubernetes clusters
  • Operating and optimizing CI/CD systems to improve developer velocity

Bonus If You:

  • Have a deep understanding of the JavaScript, the web, and the npm ecosystem.
  • Are opinionated about how to write tests, structure code, and software engineering practices

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity.
  • Inclusive Healthcare Package.
  • Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
  • Flexible Time Off.
  • We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $175,000- $288,000. This salary range is an estimate. Actual salary will be based on job related skills, experience and location. Pay ranges outside San Francisco may be  adjusted based on employee location.  The total compensation package also includes benefits and equity-based compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.

Top Skills

Ci/Cd
JavaScript
Kubernetes
Node.js
Npm
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
0 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Our platform enables development teams to collaborate on and ship their best work.

We're the creators of Next.js, the world's favorite React framework, and we're building the best tools and workflow for frontend development teams. Our goal is to bring developers the scale, reliability, and performance they need in their tools and infrastructure - so they can focus on creating delightful experiences for their users.

We are backed by the amazing team at Accel and CRV, and we're headquartered in San Francisco.

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