Software Engineer, Agent

About Vercel

Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.

Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.

About

Vercel

Vercel

gives

developers

the tools and

cloud

infrastructure

to

build

, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind

v0

,

Next.js

, and

AI

SDK

,

Vercel

helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour

build

for the

AI

-native web.

Our Mission Is To Enable The World To Ship The Best

products.

That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're

building

on our

platform

, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Software

Engineer

to join the

Vercel

Agent team. Our mission is simple: deploying on

Vercel

should feel like adding a seasoned

infrastructure

engineer

to your team. The

Vercel

Agent investigates incidents before you see them, fixes failing builds, reviews

code

with deep

production

context, and answers questions about your

running

app with the authority of someone who has read the logs.

Today, this work spans multiple shipped

Products

automated

code

review on every PR,

AI

-driven investigation of

production

anomalies, an intelligent support agent that resolves the majority of customer issues without human intervention, and conversational

code

generation

. We’re now unifying these into a single agent that appears pervasively across surfaces (like the

Vercel

dashboard,

Vercel

CLI, Slack, and many more), and is capable of multi-step reasoning,

code

execution in sandboxed environments, and taking real actions on your behalf.

Two Things We’re Most Excited About

self-driving

infrastructure

, where 90% of what requires manual DevOps today gets handled automatically by the

platform

; and

framework-defined agents

, where the agent is customized to each customer’s application, injecting the right skills when they’re needed rather than dumping generic best practices.

This is a small team with an outsized mandate. You’ll work directly with leadership and across

product,

design

, and

infrastructure

teams to define what self-driving

infrastructure

looks like — then

build

it.

If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, even if the role is listed as remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.

What You Will Do

Design

and

build

agentic

systems

that autonomously investigate, diagnose, and remediate

production

issues — from 500 errors and

build

failures to

performance

regressions and security anomalies.

Architect multi-step agent workflows that coordinate across tools,

APIs

, and sandboxed

code

execution environments, with durable state that survives crashes and timeouts.

Build

the skills and

tool

integrations

that give the agent deep knowledge of the

Vercel

platform

, such as deployments, functions, logs, metrics, DNS, and the full lifecycle of a web application.

Ship polished,

user

-facing experiences across multiple surfaces (Slack, dashboard, CLI) without waiting for a designer to hand you a mockup. This team values

engineers

with strong

product

and UI instincts.

Develop

the

infrastructure

for dynamic skill injection, so the agent acquires new capabilities at runtime rather than through redeployment, routing the right logic to the right context at the right time.

Collaborate with other

engineers

on prompt

engineering,

model evaluation, and retrieval-augmented

generation

(RAG)

pipelines

that ground the agent in accurate, up-to-date knowledge.

About You

7+ years of full-time software

engineering

Experience, With Strong

TypeScript

proficiency.

Engineers

with deep Python experience who are excited to work in

TypeScript

are also a great fit.

A track record of

openness

and adaptability: you’ve shifted into new technologies, new domains, or new roles and thrived. This space is changing faster than anyone can claim expertise; we want people who learn and adapt, not people who play expert.

Strong

product

and UI sensibility. You care about the details of how an

AI

interaction feels to a

user

, and you can

build

great experiences without waiting for a designer.

Full-stack

capability with an understanding of

infrastructure

, CI/CD, observability, and how large-scale web

applications

operate. The agent needs to reason about the same

systems

our customers use every day, you should too.

Experience

building

or contributing to frameworks, platforms, or reusable abstractions, not just

feature

work. You know when to

build

a primitive versus ship a one-off.

Demonstrated ability to ship independently, influence architecture, and set direction on a small, high-impact team.

Excellent communication skills, with an ability to translate technical detail into actionable

insight

for both

engineering

and partner teams.

Bonus If You

Have experience

building

agentic

systems

,

AI

tooling, or automation frameworks, and especially agents in

production.

You understand the difference between a demo and a system that works reliably at scale.

Are familiar with

LLM

APIs

(Anthropic,

OpenAI,

etc.), prompt

engineering,

or retrieval-augmented

generation

(RAG).

Have worked with

Vercel,

Next.js

, or the modern web deployment ecosystem.

Have experience with sandboxed execution environments, container orchestration, or secure multi-tenant

systems

.

Benefits

Competitive 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.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $232,000 - $348,000 (Staff level IC and above). Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, level/experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don’t necessarily check every box on the job description.