Key skills
JavaScriptTypeScriptAIMLAnalyticsServerlessVercelCachingCollaboration
About this role
Vercel is a company that provides developers with tools and cloud infrastructure for building a faster, more personalized web. They are seeking an Engineering Manager for their AI Gateway team, responsible for leading engineers to build and scale the infrastructure for unified AI model access.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of engineers working on the AI Gateway platform, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration
- Drive the architecture and execution of core platform capabilities, including unified API endpoints, intelligent rate limit management, automatic failover mechanisms, and provider-agnostic authentication
- Partner cross-functionally with product, AI research, and infrastructure teams to define roadmap priorities and deliver high-impact features that improve reliability and developer experience
- Ensure production-ready reliability for AI workloads at scale, maintaining low-latency performance and high availability across providers and regions
- Champion developer experience — gathering feedback from internal and external developers to continuously improve the Gateway's usability, observability, and analytics capabilities
- Engage with the open-source community and align the team's work with Vercel's broader ecosystem, including AI SDK and related projects
- Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers on the team, supporting their growth through regular feedback, career development conversations, and a healthy team culture
Requirements:
- 3+ years of Engineering Management experience, with a track record of leading and scaling backend or infrastructure engineering teams
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong foundation in backend development, APIs, and distributed systems
- Experience with AI/ML integrations, API gateways, or high-throughput services — particularly concepts like rate limiting, caching, and intelligent failover
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript; experience with the Vercel AI SDK or similar AI developer tooling is a plus
- Familiarity with cloud-based and serverless architectures, particularly within the Vercel ecosystem
- A genuine passion for developer experience and a deep appreciation for what it takes to build reliable, production-grade infrastructure
- Experience contributing to or engaging with open-source communities is a plus
- Experience with the Vercel AI SDK or similar AI developer tooling is a plus