# Member of the Technical Staff, Internal Agent

**Company:** [Vercel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vercel)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $208k – $312k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Slack, conversational ui, APIs, queues, Databases, permissions, production infrastructure, agent architecture, Observability, natural language processing, interactive interfaces, openclaw, hermes, pi
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> Builds Vercel’s internal agent across conversational interfaces, product surfaces, and backend systems, including planning, tool use, workflows, evaluation, and observability. Requires 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong TypeScript proficiency, and the ability to work across system boundaries.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Design and build V as the primary agentic interface for getting work done across Vercel, including answering questions, analyzing data, and executing complex, multi-system workflows.
- Build agent architecture that understands intent, plans work, selects appropriate skills and tools, recovers from failures, and completes long-running tasks reliably.
- Ship polished experiences across Slack, web, and other surfaces, combining natural-language interaction with rich, interactive interfaces.
- Develop evaluation, observability, and feedback systems to measure whether answers and actions are accurate, useful, efficient, and trustworthy.
- Establish primitives that enable teams across Vercel to contribute capabilities without creating fragmented agents or inconsistent user experiences.
- Help define how a company can be operated through an agent and translate lessons from building V into ideas and infrastructure for Vercel customers.

## Requirements

- 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience.
- Strong TypeScript proficiency.
- Experience working across product surfaces and system boundaries, including conversational UI, interactive data experiences, APIs, queues, databases, permissions, and production infrastructure.
- Strong interest in AI interaction quality, including context selection, tool use, memory, latency, generated interfaces, uncertainty, progress communication, and asking for help.
- Openness and adaptability, with a track record of learning unfamiliar technologies, domains, or responsibilities quickly.

## Nice to Have

- Experience using and building agent harnesses such as OpenClaw, Hermes, or Pi.

## Compensation and Benefits

- San Francisco, CA base pay range: **$208,000–$312,000**.
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive healthcare package.
- Mentorship and support for attending events to build networks and skills.
- Flexible time off.
- Company-provided equipment and a work-from-home budget.
- Total compensation may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program, depending on the role.

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