Member of the Technical Staff - Next.js

Vercel
San Francisco, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 230,000 - 340,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Technical judgment","Systems thinking","Technical communication","Coaching","Decision-making"]

Build and ship Next.js by writing production code, reviewing pull requests, and debugging complex framework issues. Lead major technical initiatives from exploration through rollout and production follow-through, setting direction across rendering, caching, routing, build systems, and runtime behavior. Improve performance, reliability, testing, and observability, and coach a small team through design and code reviews while partnering with Product, Design, and other engineering groups.

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Vercel
Vercel
3 days ago

Member of the Technical Staff - Next.js

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Job Summary

Build and ship Next.js by writing production code, reviewing pull requests, and debugging complex framework issues. Lead major technical initiatives from exploration through rollout and production follow-through, setting direction across rendering, caching, routing, build systems, and runtime behavior. Improve performance, reliability, testing, and observability, and coach a small team through design and code reviews while partnering with Product, Design, and other engineering groups.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Write production code for Next.js, review pull requests, and debug difficult issues in the framework and supporting systems.
  • •Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, including architecture, implementation, rollout, and production follow-through.
  • •Set technical direction for rendering, caching, routing, build systems, runtime behavior, and developer tooling.
  • •Investigate performance regressions, production failures, and developer pain points, turning learnings into framework improvements.
  • •Coach and provide focused people leadership through design reviews, code reviews, technical feedback, and shared ownership within a small team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 340,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityLearning BudgetHome Office

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of software engineering experience, staying highly effective as a hands-on engineer.
  • •Led engineers or small technical teams as a team lead, tech lead, staff engineer, engineering manager, or founder.
  • •Recent experience writing, reviewing, and shipping production code without stepping away from engineering execution.
  • •Strong technical judgment across React, framework architecture, or systems behind large-scale open source (rendering, caching, routing, build tooling, runtime behavior).
  • •Ability to take complex problems from first principles, write the critical code, and bring other engineers along through coaching and technical debate.
Experience:8+ yearsOpen sourceReact ecosystemDeveloper tools
Skills:Technical judgmentSystems thinkingTechnical communicationCoachingDecision-making
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Next.jsReact

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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