Vercel is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Accounts team to build the core building blocks of our platform, enabling users to effortlessly manage their organizations, accounts, and teams at scale.
About the Role
The Accounts team is responsible for the foundational services that power user authentication, authorization, and organization management. Our work is critical to every Vercel user, from individual developers to large enterprises, ensuring a seamless and secure experience across our platform.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain critical backend services and APIs for user accounts, teams, and organizations.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define and implement new features and improvements.
- Ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of our account infrastructure.
- Participate in on-call rotations to support our services in production.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for the Accounts team.
- Advocate for best practices in software development, including testing, code reviews, and documentation.
What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on backend systems.
- Strong proficiency in Go or a similar language (e.g., Rust, Java, C++).
- Experience designing and building highly scalable, reliable, and secure microservices.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, databases (SQL and NoSQL), and API design principles (REST, gRPC).
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or similar containerization technologies.
- A track record of leading complex technical projects from inception to production.
Bonus Points
- Experience working with user identity, authentication, and authorization systems.
- Familiarity with GraphQL.
- Experience with event-driven architectures.
- Open source contributions or maintainer experience.
Benefits
- Equity and an attractive compensation package.
- Universal top-tier medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 15 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Generous time off policy.
- 401k with 4% match.
- One-time $1000 home office set up allowance.
- Annual $1500 learning & development stipend.
Equal Opportunity
Vercel is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to our success.
The Vercel Way
Our mission is to make the Web. Faster. We are a small but quickly growing team in a remote-first organization. We take a lot of pride in the work that we do. We are looking for individuals who are not only passionate about their craft but also about the impact they have on the world.
About Vercel
Vercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. We are the creators of Next.js, a leading React framework, and provide a global CDN and serverless functions to deploy and scale web applications. With Vercel, developers can focus on building amazing products, while we handle the infrastructure.
