Vercel · 12 hours ago
Software Engineer, Compute
United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $280K/yr
5+ years expVercel is a company that provides tools and cloud infrastructure for developers to build a faster, more personalized web. The Software Engineer, Compute role involves managing clusters and writing Golang to support the compute platform, focusing on improving performance and reliability while collaborating with various teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureDeveloper PlatformSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
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, Active CPU Pricing
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience
Extended experience with Containers, Virtual Machines, Linux
Ability to dig deep to know how these things work under the hood (tcpdump, strace and iptables are your best friends)
Design systems that improve performance or increase reliability
Built and operated distributed systems at scale
Preferred
Golang preferred
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
Company
Vercel
Vercel is a developer platform that provides cloud infrastructure services for the web.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$863MKey Investors
AccelBedrockGoogle Ventures
2025-09-30Series F· $300M
2024-05-16Series E· $250M
2021-11-23Series D· $150M
Leadership Team
Guillermo Rauch
CEO
Malte Ubl
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-12-13
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