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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. 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.
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.
We are building the platform for that future trusted by companies like OpenAI PayPal Ramp Supreme and millions of developers worldwide. Whether you’re building our products supporting our customers growing our community or shaping our story you’ll help define what comes next.
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the Agent Stack team and help build eve — Vercel's framework for building production-ready AI agents. Eve is to agents what Next.js is to web apps: an opinionated batteries-included framework that lets developers write only what's unique about their agent and have the platform handle the rest. You will design and implement core framework primitives contribute to eve's runtime (built on Vercel Workflows AI SDK and Sandbox) and help shape the developer experience for the next generation of AI-native applications. You will report to the Director of Vercel's Agent Stack and will be located onsite in New York City.
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 ship core eve framework features — the file-system conventions compiler and runtime that turn an agent directory into a durable production-ready agent on Vercel.
- Build and maintain integrations across eve's channel layer (Slack Web Chat WhatsApp API Cron and more) and connections layer (Vercel Connect / MCP endpoints).
- Collaborate with the AI SDK Workflows and Sandbox teams to ensure eve's primitives compose seamlessly on the Vercel platform.
- Drive DX quality — CLI ergonomics error messages docs and examples — so TypeScript/Next.js developers can ship their first agent in minutes.
- Contribute to eve's evaluation and observability story: test suites scoring rubrics and deployment-time evals that make agents production-safe.
- Partner with early customers and internal teams to gather feedback diagnose agent reliability issues and iterate rapidly.
- 5+ years of production TypeScript/JavaScript experience; comfortable owning complex stateful systems end to end.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts — durable execution checkpointing async workflows and failure recovery.
- Experience building or operating developer tooling frameworks or SDKs used by external developers.
- Familiarity with LLM APIs and agent orchestration patterns (tool calling multi-agent delegation human-in-the-loop flows).
- Track record of shipping high-quality open-source or customer-facing APIs and caring deeply about API design.
The New York NY base pay range for this role is $208000-$312000. 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. 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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of production TypeScript/JavaScript experience; comfortable owning complex stateful systems end to end.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (durable execution checkpointing async workflows failure recovery).
- Experience building or operating developer tooling frameworks or SDKs used by external developers.
- Familiarity with LLM APIs and agent orchestration patterns (tool calling multi-agent delegation human-in-the-loop).
- Track record of shipping high-quality open-source or customer-facing APIs and strong API design sensitivity.
- Located onsite in New York City (or within predetermined commuting distance to SF NY London or Berlin offices with anchor days).
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
From solo developers building their first app to large enterprise teams if it needs to be fast reliable and beautifully built it runs on Vercel. Our platform powers millions of deployments a day. We started with a simple belief: the web should be fast for everyone everywhere. That belief became Next.js. Then a platform. Then the infrastructure layer for the AI-native web.We are backed by the amazing team at Accel and CRV and we're headquartered in San Francisco.
Vercel Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Vercel is a remote-friendly company. Some roles are in-office (SF NYC and others) and some are fully remote. For the right candidate flexible arrangements are available supported by home office and wellness stipends.
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