Software Engineer Next.js

The Next.js team builds the open source framework that powers millions of applications and shapes how developers build for the web. Our work sits at the intersection of React framework architecture developer experience infrastructure performance and production reliability.

We are looking for engineers who are excited to work deeply on open source developer infrastructure. You do not need to be a Next.js expert. You do need strong React expertise high independence good product judgment and the ability to investigate complex technical problems from first principles.

This role is a strong fit for someone with a background in framework development developer tooling or product infrastructure: someone comfortable moving across the stack working in public and turning ambiguous problems into clear technical direction.

In this role you will work across framework internals rendering caching routing build systems developer tooling documentation platform integration and user-facing product behavior. The team is highly distributed so strong written communication ownership and self-direction are essential.

• Strong React expertise
• Passion for open source and developer communities
• Background in framework development developer tooling or product infrastructure
• Comfort working across frontend backend build tooling and runtime systems
• Strong product sense and care for developer experience
• Ability to investigate deeply debug ambiguous issues and reason from real evidence
• High independence in a distributed team environment
• Clear written communication and strong ownership

• Have experience maintaining open source projects
• Have experience with compilers bundlers caching rendering systems or distributed infrastructure
• Familiarity with Next.js though this is not required

• 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 $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.

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.