Vercel

1 day ago

Director of Forward Deployed Engineering

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Job Summary

Build and lead Vercel’s Forward Deployed Engineering and Professional Services function. Embed with strategic customers to design, build, and ship production applications on Vercel using Next.js, AI SDK, and v0—taking projects from prototype through deployment and stabilization. Define the engagement and delivery models, establish professional services commercial structure, lead delivery excellence, and translate customer insights into product feedback while reporting to the VP of Field Engineering.

Location: San Francisco, Austin, New York

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Build, lead, and develop the Forward Deployed Engineering team, including hiring standards, training, career development, and compensation.
•Define the engagement model for embedded support, including how engagements are scoped, staffed, sequenced, and measured.
•Own end-to-end delivery excellence for strategic customer engagements, from discovery and technical scoping through production deployment and stabilization.
•Establish the professional services commercial model, including packaging, pricing, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
•Create handoff protocols across Forward Deployed Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and partners; codify field learnings into playbooks and reference architectures.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 240,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome Office

Key Requirements

•10+ years in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, or technical consulting, including at least 5 years leading customer-facing engineering or delivery teams in a high-growth environment.
•Experience building a team, function, or service line from zero, including hiring, methodology, and operating model.
•Strong background in modern web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js) and cloud infrastructure, with the ability to review code and whiteboard architectures.
•Experience building or deploying LLM-powered applications and understanding how model behavior shapes product decisions.
•Commercial acumen to scope, price, and deliver technical engagements for enterprise customers, including understanding utilization, margin, and capacity tradeoffs.

Experience:10+ yearsForward deployed engineeringTechnical consultingEnterprise customersLLM-powered applications

Skills:LeadershipArchitecture reviewSystem design

Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsCloud infrastructureAI SDKV0LLM

Company Brief

Vercel

Provides a frontend cloud platform and developer tools (including Next.js and v0) that simplify building, deploying, and scaling web and AI-native applications for developers and enterprises.

Industry: Cloud Computing

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series F

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Glassdoor: 4.1

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Vercel

1 day ago

Director of Forward Deployed Engineering

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: San Francisco, Austin, New York

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Build, lead, and develop the Forward Deployed Engineering team, including hiring standards, training, career development, and compensation.
•Define the engagement model for embedded support, including how engagements are scoped, staffed, sequenced, and measured.
•Own end-to-end delivery excellence for strategic customer engagements, from discovery and technical scoping through production deployment and stabilization.
•Establish the professional services commercial model, including packaging, pricing, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
•Create handoff protocols across Forward Deployed Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and partners; codify field learnings into playbooks and reference architectures.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 240,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome Office

Key Requirements

•10+ years in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, or technical consulting, including at least 5 years leading customer-facing engineering or delivery teams in a high-growth environment.
•Experience building a team, function, or service line from zero, including hiring, methodology, and operating model.
•Strong background in modern web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js) and cloud infrastructure, with the ability to review code and whiteboard architectures.
•Experience building or deploying LLM-powered applications and understanding how model behavior shapes product decisions.
•Commercial acumen to scope, price, and deliver technical engagements for enterprise customers, including understanding utilization, margin, and capacity tradeoffs.

Experience:10+ yearsForward deployed engineeringTechnical consultingEnterprise customersLLM-powered applications

Skills:LeadershipArchitecture reviewSystem design

Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsCloud infrastructureAI SDKV0LLM

Company Brief

Vercel

Provides a frontend cloud platform and developer tools (including Next.js and v0) that simplify building, deploying, and scaling web and AI-native applications for developers and enterprises.

Industry: Cloud Computing

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series F

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Glassdoor: 4.1

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor