Hybrid - London, Berlin Hybrid Employment

Vercel is hiring a Forward-Deployed Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale frontend modernization efforts, transitioning legacy React, Vue, or similar frameworks to Next.js, including migration from Pages to App Router and phased adoption strategies.
  • Perform in-depth code reviews and technical evaluations to identify performance issues, architectural flaws, and optimization paths, providing clear action plans for improvement.
  • Design and develop high-throughput Next.js applications using App Router, Server Components, streaming, Incremental Static Regeneration, edge functions, and advanced rendering techniques for enterprise needs.
  • Improve Core Web Vitals and overall application performance using Vercel Speed Insights to detect problems and apply effective solutions that enhance SEO, user engagement, and conversion.
  • Develop production-grade AI applications using the AI SDK and AI Cloud platform, including chat interfaces, automated agents, MCP servers, and agentic workflows.
  • Work directly within customer environments to co-develop and deploy production-ready TypeScript applications, aligning with existing systems and operational constraints.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer through hands-on workshops, collaborative coding, and comprehensive documentation to ensure long-term solution sustainability.
  • Engage with engineering, product, and leadership teams across organizations to build trust and align technical initiatives with business goals.
  • Support pre-sales initiatives by offering technical guidance during discovery meetings, scoping discussions, and proposal creation for migration, audit, and AI projects.
  • Help evolve service offerings by recognizing common implementation patterns, creating reusable assets, and sharing field insights with internal Product and Engineering teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity compensation
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Professional development support including mentorship and attendance at industry events
  • Flexible time-off policy with a suggested four weeks per year plus paid public holidays
  • Remote-friendly work model enabling collaboration across global time zones
  • Provision of necessary equipment and a work-from-home stipend to set up an effective remote workspace

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity compensation

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Reports to: Director of Professional Services

Other

  • Regular travel required (25-40%) to customer locations for on-site collaboration.
  • Remote-first culture with distributed team operations.
  • Flexible vacation policy with a recommended four weeks per year, in addition to paid holidays.
  • Equipment and home office budget provided to support effective remote work.
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About company
Vercel
Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers build for the AI-native web.
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Job Details
Department Professional Services
Category frontend
Posted a month ago