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$180,000 – $260,000
Listed on Vercel’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role owns and evolves Vercel's build and deployment infrastructure, handling millions of daily builds while ensuring reliability and developer experience. It suits senior engineers who excel at systems ownership, thrive on scale challenges, and want to shape how modern software gets deployed.
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What they ask for
Required
- 6+ years designing and operating backend applications and distributed systems at scale
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript
- Strong proficiency with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Track record of end-to-end ownership from design through production operation
- Cross-team collaboration and ability to influence priorities
- Architectural direction-setting and standard-definition at scale
- Experience mentoring and elevating other engineers
Nice to have
- Familiarity with React or Next.js
- DynamoDB experience
- Experience developing a CI/CD platform or internal developer platform
- Open-source contribution or participation experience
- Build system optimization for monorepos or polyrepos
- Build caching, artifact storage, or dependency management at scale