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VercelVercelUnited States

Software Engineer, Compute

Build and manage Vercel's compute platform handling builds, serverless functions, edge functions, and sandboxes. Requires 5+ years experience with Golang, Terraform, Nomad, containers, VMs, Linux, and distributed systems.

180k – 280k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What You Will Do

  • Manage our fleet of clusters, running 100’s of instances, deployed in every region where our customers deploy and run their code.
  • Write Golang daily, use Terraform for provisioning infra, and work deeply with Nomad for scheduling workloads.
  • Build platform primitives to run all untrusted customer code, where even 1% performance improvement has massive impact.
  • Collaborate with cross-team and cross-functional stakeholders to conceive and implement new platform features.
  • Examples: Fluid Compute, Active CPU Pricing.

About You

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, Golang preferred.
  • Extended experience with Containers, Virtual Machines, Linux, and deep knowledge (tcpdump, strace, iptables).
  • Design systems that improve performance or increase reliability.
  • Built and operated distributed systems at scale.
  • Experience with schedulers and orchestrators like Nomad for containers and non-containerized apps.

Benefits

  • Great compensation package, including equity.
  • Inclusive Healthcare Package.
  • Learn and Grow - mentorship and events.
  • Flexible Time Off.
  • Gear and WFH budget provided.

San Francisco, CA base pay: $180,000-$280,000. Actual salary based on skills, experience, and location.

Skills

GoTerraformNomadContainersVirtual MachinesLinuxDistributed SystemsTcpdumpStraceIptables
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