Software Engineer, Deployment Infrastructure

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

CI/CD is the beating heart of Vercel. Whether you’re previewing a new idea from v0 or shipping the next great thing to production, every customer builds — and millions of builds flow through our systems every day.

What it asks for · 8

• 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.

Also a plus

• 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.

What the job covers

• 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.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• build9×
• developer9×
• systems8×
• experience7×
• infrastructure6×
• reliability5×
• ci/cd4×
• scale4×
• design3×
• end-to-end3×
• engineers3×
• ownership3×
• platform3×
• building2×
• code2×
• contribute2×

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