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Software Engineer, AI Gateway

Vercel

San Francisco, CA · Mid

$196,000 – $294,000

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What this role is

Vercel updated this posting after we read it, so our summary may be out of date. Check their posting for the latest.

You'll develop and maintain Vercel's AI Gateway platform, a unified API layer that abstracts away the complexities of working with multiple AI providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. This role suits backend engineers who enjoy building robust infrastructure for high-throughput systems and want to work on developer-facing tools in the AI space.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Backend development and API design experience
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure
  • Experience with high-throughput services, rate limiting, or caching

Nice to have

  • AI/ML integration experience
  • API gateway experience
  • Open source project contributions
  • Experience with distributed systems at scale

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