Software Engineer, Deployment Infrastructure

Vercel is a company that provides tools and cloud infrastructure for developers to build and secure a faster web. They are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of the CI/CD systems that power millions of builds, ensuring performance, reliability, and developer workflows.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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