Joblaze summary

In this role, the Software Engineer on the AI Gateway Team develops and enhances a platform that provides a unified API for accessing various AI models, focusing on reliability and performance. Key skills include strong JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency, backend development, and experience with AI integrations and distributed systems. This position is ideal for someone with over five years of experience who thrives in collaborative environments and has a background in open-source contributions. Vercel's commitment to innovation and community engagement makes it a dynamic place for engineers looking to shape the future of AI.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Vercel's careers page October 29, 2026.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for AI/ML roles (median ~$190,000).
Starts above 55% of 129 comparable senior ai/ml roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $180,200 across 49 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
AI/ML appears in 40.5% of 551 comparable senior ai/ml roles in United States; API appears in 0.4% of 551 comparable senior ai/ml roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Software Engineer, AI Gateway role remote?: Yes — Vercel lists this as a fully remote position.
What's the salary range?: Vercel lists $196,000–$294,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer, AI Gateway role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, API, JavaScript, TypeScript, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems.
What seniority level is this role?: Vercel targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Software Engineer, AI Gateway role at Vercel.

From the original posting

About Vercel:

About the role

As a member of the AI Gateway Team, you will be responsible for developing and enhancing our AI Gateway platform, which provides a unified API for accessing hundreds of AI models from multiple providers. You will collaborate with a remote and distributed team of engineers to build reliable, low-latency systems that handle rate limiting, intelligent failovers, and seamless integrations, enabling developers to ship AI-powered applications without managing provider-specific complexities. This role focuses on ensuring production-ready reliability for AI workloads, including automatic fallbacks during outages and consistent performance across providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more.

What you'll do

Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the AI Gateway platform, emphasizing features like unified API endpoints, rate limit management, and intelligent failover mechanisms to boost uptime and reliability.
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, conducting thorough testing to ensure low-latency responses and stability for high-volume AI inference requests.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, AI researchers, and infrastructure engineers, to integrate new AI providers and models while addressing scalability and performance challenges.
Engage with the open-source community, contribute to AI SDK and related projects, and align with Vercel's ethos of fostering developer tools.
Gather user feedback and analytics to drive innovations in AI Gateway, such as enhanced billing unification, provider-agnostic authentication, and analytics for usage insights.

What you need

5+ years of relevant experience
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with backend development, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
Experience with AI/ML integrations, API gateways, distributed systems, or handling high-throughput services (e.g., rate limiting, caching, failovers)
Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment

Benefits & Compensation:

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $196,000-$294,000. 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.

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Disclosures:

Standard company text repeated across Vercel's postings is omitted here.

Software Engineer, AI Gateway