Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems for user management at Vercel, a leading infrastructure company.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Build and maintain enterprise services in TypeScript
- Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management
- Operate services at high scale
- Use Infrastructure as Code to deliver applications
- Work with cross-functional teams on large-scale projects
Must have
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js
- Experience with SQL and web protocols
- Hands-on experience with security architecture and identity protocols
- Worked with access control models
Practical constraints
- Hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Backend Software Engineer at Vercel, the individual will focus on designing and maintaining scalable systems for user and group management, ensuring high performance and security. Key technologies include TypeScript, Node.js, and various cloud-native databases, alongside experience with identity protocols and access control models. This position is suited for seasoned engineers with over five years of experience, particularly those familiar with enterprise-level applications. Vercel emphasizes collaboration across teams to deliver large-scale projects.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 6, 2026. Last confirmed on Vercel's careers page November 6, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Vercel: Remote - United States.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 81% of 123 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $173,000 across 39 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 32.9% of 516 comparable senior backend roles in United States; NoSQL appears in 2.3% of 516 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Backend role remote?
- It's hybrid — Vercel expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- 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, Backend role.
- Where is the role based?
- Vercel is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, AWS CloudFormation, JavaScript, Kubernetes, NoSQL, Node.js.
- 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, Backend role at Vercel.
From the original posting
About Vercel:
About the role:
As a Software Engineer, Backend, you’ll design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance systems for user, group, and membership management. You’ll work in JavaScript and TypeScript, Node.js, SQL and NoSQL cloud-native databases, and AWS. Security and reliability come first, from identity synchronization to the services you run on call. This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in San Francisco or NYC.
What you'll do:
- Build and maintain enterprise services in TypeScript, REST APIs, and JSON for user, group, and membership management
- Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management using SCIM and related standards
- Operate services at high scale, including scheduled on-call rotations
- Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes) to deliver scalable, high-availability applications
- Work with cross-functional and peer teams to deliver large-scale projects with cross-team dependencies
What you need:
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js, with practical experience developing and improving Node.js applications
- Experience with SQL and web protocols such as REST, SOAP, XML, and JSON
- Hands-on experience with security architecture and identity protocols such as LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, SSO, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect
- Worked with access control models such as RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC
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:
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