Software Engineer, Frontend Platform

About Vercel:

Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. Customers like Under Armour, eBay, The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, and Zapier use Vercel to build dynamic user experiences on the web.

At Vercel, our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products and that goes hand in hand with creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.

About the role:

We are looking for a software engineer to join our Frontend Platform team. You will be working alongside our product and SRE teams to improve the codebase health, iteration velocity, and overall reliability of the Vercel platform. You will play a crucial role in enhancing the developer experience, ensuring high-quality code, and enabling the efficient delivery of frontend features and improvements.

What you will do:

• Implement and maintain a visual regression system to prevent visual bugs from sneaking in unintentionally.
• Maintain our integration test suite with a goal of easy implementation, zero flake, and fast execution.
• Improve the overall codebase health by bringing older areas up to date with the latest best practices.

About you:

• You have at least 4+ years of experience in frontend engineering, with a deep understanding of Javascript, TypeScript and React.
• You have some experience with visual regression testing.
• You are passionate about developer experience (DX) and developer velocity.
• You are able to drive a project from idea to completion without a step-by-step guide.

Bonus if you:

• Have experience implementing visual regression testing.
• Have a history of deep performance work.
• Have experience with Next.js and Webpack performance optimization.
• Have extensive experience with JavaScript bundling tools.
• Have built and maintained an integration test suite with extensive API mocks.

Benefits:

• Great compensation package and stock options.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off - Flexible vacation policy with a recommended 4-weeks per year, and paid holidays.
• Remote Friendly - Work with teammates from different time zones across the globe.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $200,000.00 - $240,000.00. This salary range is an estimate. Actual salary will be based on job related skills, experience and location. Pay ranges outside San Francisco may be  adjusted based on employee location.  The total compensation package also includes benefits and equity-based compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.