Software Engineer, Compute

Summary

Join Vercel's team building a platform powering all compute, providing primitives to run builds, serverless functions, and more. Manage a fleet of clusters, write Golang, and utilize Terraform and Nomad. The platform handles untrusted customer code, demanding high performance. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on new features, such as Fluid Compute and Active CPU Pricing. This role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with Golang preferred, extensive experience with containers, VMs, and Linux, and a proven ability to design and operate distributed systems at scale. Vercel offers a great compensation package, inclusive healthcare, flexible time off, and a WFH budget.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, Golang preferred
• You have extended experience with Containers, Virtual Machines, Linux, and like digging deep to know how these things work under the hood ( tcpdump , strace and iptables are your best friends)
• You design systems that improve performance or increase reliability. Or both!
• You have built and operated distributed systems at scale
• You have experience with schedulers and orchestrators for managing containers and non-containerized applications such as Nomad

Responsibilities

• Manage our fleet of clusters, running 100’s of instances, deployed in every region where our customers deploy and run their code
• You will be writing Golang on a daily basis, while terraform will be your go-to tool when it comes to provisioning the needed infra
• You will get to know the ins and outs of Nomad as it’s our current choice for scheduling the workloads
• Working collaboratively with cross-team and cross-functional stakeholders, you will participate in the conception and implementation of new platform features
• Other examples of the work you will be carrying out: Fluid Compute
• Active CPU Pricing

Benefits

• Great 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