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$137,000 – $207,000
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What this role is
A Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer embeds with enterprise customers to modernize their web applications, migrate codebases to Next.js, and build production AI solutions using Vercel's platform. This role suits experienced software engineers comfortable with ambiguity who excel at translating technical work into business outcomes and can operate independently within complex customer environments.
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What they ask for
Required
- 6+ years software engineering experience
- 2+ years customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, or technical founder)
- Experience with AI instrumentation to build web applications, backend systems, or agentic workflows
- High agency and comfort navigating ambiguity
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Business acumen to translate technical capabilities into ROI
- Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites
Nice to have
- Led enterprise AI transformation initiatives with production agents
- Taught others AI development and agent best practices
- Led large-scale migrations to Next.js in enterprise environments
- Expertise in performance optimization and Core Web Vitals at scale
- Contributed to Next.js, React, or AI SDK open-source projects
- Experience with enterprise deployment patterns, security reviews, compliance, multi-region architectures
- Background in financial services, healthcare, retail/e-commerce, or media
- Conference speaking or published thought leadership on frontend architecture or AI applications