Software Engineer, Compute

Hybrid

Responsibilities

Manage and improve our fleet of clusters, running 100s of instances deployed in every region where our customers deploy and run their code.
Own the reliability and performance of our compute platform, including on-call coverage for a team where every improvement has outsized impact at scale.
Collaborate across teams to drive the convergence of all compute at Vercel. About you:

As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, we create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
The Persistence team sits within Vercel's Compute division.
As a Software Engineer on the Persistence team, you'll work on the infrastructure that runs 100s of instances across every region where our customers deploy code, rethinking low-level primitives and contributing to platform features that improve the
experience for thousands of developers every day.
Write Golang on a daily basis and use Terraform to provision infrastructure; you'll get to know Nomad as our scheduler for managing workloads.
Rethink the primitives of our infrastructure — working with virtual filesystems, Linux primitives, and low-level virtualisation.
experience with virtual machines, file systems and Linux — you like knowing how things work under the hood (tcpdump, strace, and iptables are familiar tools). •
Experience with schedulers and orchestrators for managing containers and non-containerised workloads (e.g. Nomad, Kubernetes).
experience with on-call operations for large-scale distributed systems. Benefits:

5+ years of software engineering experience, with Golang strongly preferred. Deep

We are building the platform for that future, trusted by companies like OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide .
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with a genuine enthusiasm for digging into problems that don't have obvious solutions. Bonus if you:
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.

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company. We free people and agents to ship what’s next.
For more than a decade, Vercel has shaped how the web is built.
Now, software is entering a new era, and the next generation of products will not just be used by people. They will be built, extended, and operated by agents.
Whether you’re building our products, supporting our customers, growing our community, or shaping our story, you’ll help define what comes next. About the role:
Humans and agents are deploying more than 6 million times a day on Vercel, spinning up over 2 million Sandboxes and serving a trillion requests per month.
Every single one is powered by our own compute infrastructure .
This team owns the deep infrastructure within Hive (our compute platform) focussing on storage and state for all our workloads (Builds, Sandboxes and Functions).
This work is redefining compute with features like Fluid Compute, Persistent Sandboxes, and Custom Images.
This role is based in London, UK . If you're within commuting distance of our London office, the role includes in-office anchor days.
If you're located further afield within the UK, the role is fully remote.