Software Engineer, Deployment Infrastructure
Owns and evolves Vercel's CI/CD infrastructure, designing scalable microservices, ensuring reliability for millions of daily builds, and leading end-to-end projects. Requires 6+ years experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, and distributed systems.
About the job
What You Will Do
- Own and evolve the infrastructure that powers Vercel’s build and deployment lifecycle — from handling webhooks to designing resilient database schemas and building scalable APIs.
- Design and operate high-performance microservices that process millions of builds daily, ensuring speed, reliability, and developer delight.
- Lead projects end-to-end: from identifying opportunities to defining technical direction and delivering improvements in performance, reliability, and developer experience.
- Collaborate across teams to align infrastructure with company-wide goals and ensure seamless developer workflows.
- Shape the long-term vision of CI/CD at Vercel by setting standards for scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Participate in the on-call rotation, taking responsibility for the reliability of critical systems.
- Contribute to the open-source community, representing Vercel’s commitment to advancing developer tools globally.
- Write clean, efficient, tested, and well-documented code that others can build upon confidently.
About You
- 6+ years of experience designing, building, and operating backend applications and distributed systems at scale.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with the ability to navigate and improve complex systems.
- Strong proficiency with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
- A track record of end-to-end ownership — from design and implementation through to long-term operation in production.
- Skilled at cross-team collaboration, able to influence priorities and drive alignment toward shared goals.
- Comfortable setting direction and defining architectural standards that scale across teams, balancing long-term vision with pragmatic delivery.
- Experienced in mentoring and elevating those around you, fostering strong engineering practices.
- Curious, eager to learn, and motivated to push the boundaries of how modern software gets built and shipped.
Bonus If You
- Are familiar with React or Next.js.
- Have experience with DynamoDB.
- Have worked to develop a CI/CD platform or internal developer platform used by other engineers.
- Have experience contributing to, or participating in open-source projects.
- Have experience optimizing build systems for monorepos or polyrepo setups.
- Have experience with build caching, artifact storage, or dependency management at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
Base pay range: $180,000 - $260,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location.
Skills
JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, DynamoDB, React, Next.js, CI/CD, Microservices, Distributed Systems
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