Software Engineer, Dashboard

New York City, United StatesHybrid

Responsibilities

Build and own core Dashboard infrastructure: the shell, navigation, layout system, and shared components that every product area builds within
Architect and implement the backend services and APIs that power the Dashboard, including personalization, notifications, and agent-powered experiences
Drive performance as a core feature. Profile, measure, and optimize aggressively. Every interaction should feel instant
Build agent-facing surfaces: the UI and API layers where agents surface errors, suggest fixes, update config, and keep users on best practices

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.
You'll work across the stack: building fast, polished UI on the frontend and the APIs, data layers, and services that power personalization, agent experiences, and real-time push surfaces on the backend.
experience as a software engineer building user-facing products. You're strong across the stack: modern frontend (React, TypeScript, Next.js) and backend (APIs, databases, services)
You use AI tools in your own development workflow and have opinions on how they should work
Experience working on platform or horizontal teams where you built shared infrastructure that other teams depended on
Contributions to open source projects, especially in the React or Next.js ecosystem

Ship incrementally and continuously. This is a living product that improves every week About You 4+ years of

You communicate clearly and collaborate well with Product, Design, and other engineering teams Bonus •
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $196,000-$294,000.
Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, 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.

Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized 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.
You'll own the core surface through which developers and teams interact with Vercel, from first login through daily use.
The Dashboard is where the self-driving aspect of Vercel's Cloud comes to life.
We're turning it into a personalized, agent-powered surface that proactively helps users ship and stay on best practices.
This is a foundational role: you'll be one of the first engineers on a new team, working alongside our current tech lead to rearchitect and rebuild the Dashboard from the ground up.
The Dashboard must be the reference implementation of Vercel's own platform. What You Will Do
Work closely with product area teams (Billing, CI/CD, Observability, etc.) to ensure their pages integrate cleanly into the Dashboard shell and follow shared patterns