Senior Security Software Engineer, v0

Vercel
San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 208,000 - 312,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Operating independently","Security judgment","Influence through code","Comfort with ambiguity","Attacker mindset"]

Own security end to end for v0, an agentic product that turns natural language into deployed applications. You’ll proactively hunt and fix vulnerabilities, build security features into the roadmap (sandboxing/isolation controls, permission boundaries, abuse detection), and serve as the security reviewer of record for v0 launches. Partner with central Product Security, triage HackerOne reports, refine the v0 threat model, and harden agent-generated code boundaries without slowing the team down.

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Senior Security Software Engineer, v0

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Job Summary

Own security end to end for v0, an agentic product that turns natural language into deployed applications. You’ll proactively hunt and fix vulnerabilities, build security features into the roadmap (sandboxing/isolation controls, permission boundaries, abuse detection), and serve as the security reviewer of record for v0 launches. Partner with central Product Security, triage HackerOne reports, refine the v0 threat model, and harden agent-generated code boundaries without slowing the team down.
Location: San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Proactively hunt for vulnerabilities across v0 and ship fixes, not just findings.
  • •Build security features directly into the product, including sandboxing/isolation controls, permission boundaries, abuse detection, and safe defaults.
  • •Review all new v0 features and launches as the security reviewer of record before release.
  • •Own the HackerOne relationship for v0: triage/validate reports and drive reproduction and remediation.
  • •Continuously refine the v0 threat model and harden agent-generated code execution boundaries, while responding to v0-specific incidents.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 208,000 - 312,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityPaid LeaveHome Office

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years building and shipping production web applications, operating independently (IC4/Senior) and shipping features end to end.
  • •Strong full-stack fundamentals with comfort in TypeScript, React, and Node within the same codebase and PR workflow.
  • •Real security judgment across authN/authZ design, sandboxing/isolation, and common injection vulnerability classes.
  • •Ability to influence through code—fixing root causes in PRs rather than relying on policy-only approaches.
  • •Comfort working with an evolving threat model and willingness to use v0 end to end to understand product behavior.
Skills:Operating independentlySecurity judgmentInfluence through codeComfort with ambiguityAttacker mindset
Certifications:OSCPOSWE
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactNodeHackerOneServerless runtimesSandboxingContainer isolationMulti-tenant systemsSDLC

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
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