Posted by employer 2 years ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 40 minutes ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer will focus on enhancing Vercel's infrastructure by collaborating with backend engineers and product teams to identify issues and develop automation tools. Key skills include proficiency in Golang and experience with cloud services, as well as familiarity with web servers and network protocols. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with at least five years of experience who are eager to tackle complex challenges in a collaborative environment. Vercel's Edge team is dedicated to building reliable systems that support a wide range of customers.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Vercel's careers page November 1, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 83% of 117 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $173,000 across 38 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 31.9% of 520 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Lua appears in 0.4% of 520 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, CDN role remote?
- It's hybrid — Vercel expects some on-site time in Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City.
- 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, CDN role.
- Where is the role based?
- Vercel is hiring for this position in Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Golang, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Lua, Networking.
- 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, CDN role at Vercel.
From the original posting
About Vercel:
About the role
Vercel is looking for engineers to help us build functional systems that improve product and customer experience. As a member of the Edge team, you will help to scale and improve our infrastructure, availability and reliability by working with our backend engineers and product team to identify problems, create tooling and automation.
Your role will be dynamic - you should be comfortable designing systems, writing code, and debugging systems in production. Our team orchestrates deploying, routing and serving for our customers through capabilities and tooling we maintain that leverage our own and other cloud providers' infrastructure for networking, TLS termination, routing, storage, caching and other novel edge services.
If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF or NY), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. If you're located beyond that distance, the role is fully remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.
What you need
- Intrigued by tackling the complex challenges serving petabytes of data and billions of requests to millions of people
- A collaborative team player who believes in the power of strong teams to drive significant changes and innovations
- Have at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Have deep experience with how to make high performance systems scale in the cloud
- Want to help protect the Vercel platform and our customers from abuse
- Are keen to experiment, challenge norms and deliver secure and reliable systems that delight Vercel's users
- Are knowledgeable and experienced with web servers, network protocols
- Comfortable in Golang
- Familiar with Cloud Services (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, or others)
- Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Lua, React and Next.js are nice-to-have!
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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