Forward-Deployed Engineer 

Vercel
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["TypeScript","React","Next.js","App Router","Server Components","SSR","SSG","ISR","Edge functions","Performance optimization","AI integration","MCP"]

Embedded with enterprise clients to drive frontend modernization, migrations to Next.js, and AI adoption. You’ll lead complex migrations, audit codebases, architect high-performance apps, and deliver production AI solutions within customer environments, while building relationships and enabling customer teams for long-term success.

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Vercel
7 months ago

Forward-Deployed Engineer 

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Job Summary

Embedded with enterprise clients to drive frontend modernization, migrations to Next.js, and AI adoption. You’ll lead complex migrations, audit codebases, architect high-performance apps, and deliver production AI solutions within customer environments, while building relationships and enabling customer teams for long-term success.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead complex frontend migrations—modernizing legacy React, Vue, or other frameworks to Next.js, including Pages to App Router transitions, incremental adoption strategies, and large-scale codebase transformations.
  • •Conduct technical assessments and code audits, analyzing customer codebases for performance bottlenecks, architectural anti-patterns, and optimization opportunities—delivering actionable roadmaps that drive measurable improvements.
  • •Architect and implement high-performance Next.js applications, leveraging App Router, Server Components, streaming, ISR, edge functions, and advanced rendering strategies to meet enterprise scale and performance requirements.
  • •Optimize Core Web Vitals and application performance, using tools like Vercel Speed Insights to diagnose issues and implement fixes that improve SEO, conversion rates, and user experience.
  • •Build production AI solutions using Vercel's AI SDK and AI Cloud—including conversational interfaces, production agents, MCP servers, and agentic workflows that transform customer operations.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityHealth InsuranceRemote FriendlyLearning BudgetRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions engineering, forward deployed engineering, or technical founder experience)
  • •Expert-level TypeScript skills—production TypeScript daily with strong opinions on type safety, patterns, and tooling
  • •Deep expertise in Next.js with App Router, Server Components, SSR, SSG, ISR, and edge functions
  • •Demonstrated experience leading frontend migrations—modernizing legacy applications to Next.js and navigating large codebase migrations in production environments
  • •Mastery of React and its ecosystem, including advanced state management, performance optimization, and modern patterns like streaming, suspense, and concurrent features
Experience:5+ yearsEnterprise softwareFrontendNext.jsTypeScriptReact
Skills:TypeScriptReactNext.jsApp RouterServer ComponentsSSRSSGISREdge functionsPerformance optimizationAI integrationMCP
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptNext.jsReactApp RouterServer ComponentsSSRSSGISREdge functionsVercel AI SDK

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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