Vercel
Software Engineer, AI Gateway
Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City
Sponsorship not specified$196k-$294kDetected 11 hours ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptNext.jsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCloud PlatformsMachine LearningCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- This role focuses on ensuring production-ready reliability for AI workloads, including automatic fallbacks during outages and consistent performance across providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the AI Gateway platform, emphasizing features like unified API endpoints, rate limit management, and intelligent failover mechanisms to boost uptime and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, AI researchers, and infrastructure engineers, to integrate new AI providers and models while addressing scalability and performance challenges.
- Gather user feedback and analytics to drive innovations in AI Gateway, such as enhanced billing unification, provider-agnostic authentication, and analytics for usage insights.
- As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, we create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Requirements
- You have at least 5+ years of relevant experience
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with backend development, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with AI/ML integrations, API gateways, distributed systems, or handling high-throughput services (e.g., rate limiting, caching, failovers)
- Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
Compensation
- The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role.
- The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $196,000-$294,000.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Flexible Time Off.
- The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role.
Company info
- We are building the platform for that future, trusted by companies like OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
- Whether you're building our products, supporting our customers, growing our community, or shaping our story, you'll help define what comes next.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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 pro
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