Build Systems Engineer

Summary

Join Vercel's CI/CD - Turborepo team as a Senior Build Systems Engineer and contribute to the development and maintenance of Turborepo, a crucial open-source tool for building, testing, and deploying projects. You will play a key role in enhancing the efficiency, reliability, and developer experience of Vercel's build and deployment systems, supporting both internal teams and the wider developer community. This position involves designing, implementing, and maintaining Turborepo, identifying opportunities for performance and experience improvements, staying abreast of industry trends, and engaging with the open-source community. You will also be responsible for writing clean, efficient, tested, and well-documented code.

Requirements

• You have at least 5+ years of relevant experience and 1+ years writing Rust code
• You have experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed systems
• You have strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with modern frontend development tools
• You are intrigued by the challenges faced by building and orchestrating other engineer's code
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• You have opinions about how to architect scalable codebases

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of Turborepo, ensuring it meets high-performance standards and integrates seamlessly with our deployment platform
• Identify opportunities and lead projects to enhance performance, reliability, and developer experience of CI/CD on Vercel
• Improve developer experience for both large and small codebases
• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in CI/CD technologies, bringing innovative ideas to the team
• Engage with the open-source community, participate in discussions, and contribute to related projects, aligning with Vercel's commitment to giving back to the developer community
• Write clean, efficient, tested, and well-documented code

Preferred Qualifications

• Are a React or Next.js expert
• Have experience building ergonomic CLIs
• Have experience contributing to or participating in open source projects
• You have familiarity with frontend frameworks and their build processes
• You are knowledgeable about file systems, graph data structures, and software build systems

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity
• 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
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed