Software Engineer, Compute at Vercel

This role is ideal for a systems-level engineer with at least 5 years of experience who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure and software. You should h

Work type: remote

Location: Remote - United States

Salary: $180,000 – $280,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is ideal for a systems-level engineer with at least 5 years of experience who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure and software. You should have deep expertise in **Golang** and a strong background in distributed systems, specifically focusing on how code executes at scale within containers and virtual machines. If you enjoy "under the hood" debugging using tools like `strace` or `tcpdump`, this is your lane. The compensation is highly competitive ($180k - $280k) and includes equity. While the role is listed as remote-friendly, Vercel uses a "hybrid-if-local" model near major hubs (SF, NY, London, Berlin). You’ll be working on core infrastructure that powers products like Fluid Compute, meaning your optimizations directly impact millions of developers and global-scale traffic. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Are an expert in **Golang** and have a "performance-first" mindset for backend systems. * Have hands-on experience with **Nomad**, Terraform, and managing large-scale Linux fleets. * Deeply understand networking stack internals, iptables, and container orchestration. * Want to build the primitives that run untrusted code securely and efficiently at the edge.

Job Description

## About Vercel:

Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.

Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.

## About the Role:

This team is building a platform that powers all of compute at Vercel. That means we provide all the primitives to run builds, serverless functions, [middleware, edge functions](https://vercel.com/changelog/edge-middleware-and-edge-functions-are-now-powered-by-vercel-functions), secure compute and now [sandboxes](../../6b16e998554a4006a2f0f0a47869e3e2?pvs=25) too.

If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. If you're located beyond that distance, the role is fully remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.

## 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.

You will be writing Golang on a daily basis, while terraform will be your go-to tool when it comes to provisioning the needed infra. You will get to know the ins and outs of Nomad as it’s our current choice for scheduling the workloads.

The platform you will be building provides all the primitives to run all untrusted code from our customers: even a 1% performance improvement has massive repercussions across the board.

Working collaboratively with cross-team and cross-functional stakeholders, you will participate in the conception and implementation of new platform features.

Other examples of the work you will be carrying out:

[Fluid Compute](https://vercel.com/fluid)

[Active CPU Pricing](https://vercel.com/changelog/lower-pricing-with-active-cpu-pricing-for-fluid-compute)

## About You:

You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, Golang preferred.

You have extended experience with Containers, Virtual Machines, Linux, and like digging deep to know how these things work under the hood (tcpdump , strace and iptables are your best friends).

You design systems that improve performance or increase reliability. Or both!

You have built and operated distributed systems at scale.

You have experience with schedulers and orchestrators for managing containers and non-containerized applications such as Nomad

## Benefits:

Great 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

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $180,000-$280,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.

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