Vercel
Software Engineer, Platform
$208K–$312K
Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City
San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Build and scale internal observability systems that help Vercel monitor infrastructure, attribute costs, and improve how it builds, deploys, and operates software.
What you'll do
- Design and build high-scale observability systems for metrics, logs, and traces.
- Develop cost attribution and chargeback tools, and partner with teams to instrument services for compliance and auditing.
- Evaluate, integrate, and operate observability infrastructure while scaling it to Vercel’s production traffic.
What they ask for
- Proficient in TypeScript, with backend or infrastructure experience.
- Production experience with Go, Rust, or Zig.
- Experience with distributed computing systems at scale.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, including object storage.
Nice to have
- Contributed to or worked closely with CNCF observability projects.
- Built, scaled, and improved internal developer platforms.
Pay
$208,000-$312,000 USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Go, Rust, Zig, Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, Splunk
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