Software Engineer, Agent
Vercel · Hybrid - New York City
Posted about 3 months ago · $232,000 - $348,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Vercel's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 79% of Vercel's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Vercel
- high 87 stale, 3 reposted of 91 open
- Hiring momentum
- 109 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Vercel's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Vercel.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the Vercel Agent team, you will design and build systems that autonomously investigate and resolve production issues, enhancing the developer experience. Your role involves architecting workflows, integrating tools, and creating user-facing experiences across various platforms. You will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to define and implement self-driving infrastructure solutions.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Vercel as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience
- Strong TypeScript proficiency
- Deep Python experience (if excited to work in TypeScript)
- Strong product and UI sensibility
- Full-stack capability with understanding of infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and large-scale web applications
- Experience building or contributing to frameworks, platforms, or reusable abstractions
Nice to have
- Experience building agentic systems, AI tooling, or automation frameworks
- Familiarity with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.), prompt engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Experience with Vercel, Next.js, or the modern web deployment ecosystem
- Experience with sandboxed execution environments, container orchestration, or secure multi-tenant systems
What you get
- Competitive compensation package, including equity
- Inclusive Healthcare Package
- Learn and Grow - mentorship and events for skill building
- Flexible Time Off
- Gear provision and WFH budget
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed for non-San Francisco locations
- Role involves significant autonomy and influence in a small team
- Focus on building agentic systems may require adapting to rapidly changing technologies
Summarised from Vercel's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Vercel on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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