Backend Engineer Jobs at Vercel with Visa Sponsorship
Vercel's backend engineering roles sit at the intersection of edge infrastructure, serverless compute, and developer tooling, requiring deep systems expertise. Vercel has a track record of sponsoring international engineers across multiple visa categories, making it a realistic target for skilled backend candidates navigating U.S. work authorization.
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Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web. Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join the Vercel Agent team. Our mission is simple: deploying on Vercel should feel like adding a seasoned infrastructure engineer to your team. The Vercel Agent investigates incidents before you see them, fixes failing builds, reviews code with deep production context, and answers questions about your running app with the authority of someone who has read the logs. Today, this work spans multiple shipped products: automated code review on every PR, AI-driven investigation of production anomalies, an intelligent support agent that resolves the majority of customer issues without human intervention, and conversational code generation. We’re now unifying these into a single agent that appears pervasively across surfaces (like the Vercel dashboard, Vercel CLI, Slack, and many more), and is capable of multi-step reasoning, code execution in sandboxed environments, and taking real actions on your behalf. Two things we’re most excited about: self-driving infrastructure, where 90% of what requires manual DevOps today gets handled automatically by the platform; and framework-defined agents, where the agent is customized to each customer’s application, injecting the right skills when they’re needed rather than dumping generic best practices. This is a small team with an outsized mandate. You’ll work directly with leadership and across product, design, and infrastructure teams to define what self-driving infrastructure looks like — then build it. If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, even if the role is listed as remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Design and build agentic systems that autonomously investigate, diagnose, and remediate production issues — from 500 errors and build failures to performance regressions and security anomalies.
- Architect multi-step agent workflows that coordinate across tools, APIs, and sandboxed code execution environments, with durable state that survives crashes and timeouts.
- Build the skills and tool integrations that give the agent deep knowledge of the Vercel platform, such as deployments, functions, logs, metrics, DNS, and the full lifecycle of a web application.
- Ship polished, user-facing experiences across multiple surfaces (Slack, dashboard, CLI) without waiting for a designer to hand you a mockup. This team values engineers with strong product and UI instincts.
- Develop the infrastructure for dynamic skill injection, so the agent acquires new capabilities at runtime rather than through redeployment, routing the right logic to the right context at the right time.
- Collaborate with other engineers on prompt engineering, model evaluation, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines that ground the agent in accurate, up-to-date knowledge.
ABOUT YOU:
- 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience, with strong TypeScript proficiency. Engineers with deep Python experience who are excited to work in TypeScript are also a great fit.
- A track record of openness and adaptability: you’ve shifted into new technologies, new domains, or new roles and thrived. This space is changing faster than anyone can claim expertise; we want people who learn and adapt, not people who play expert.
- Strong product and UI sensibility. You care about the details of how an AI interaction feels to a user, and you can build great experiences without waiting for a designer.
- Full-stack capability with an understanding of infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and how large-scale web applications operate. The agent needs to reason about the same systems our customers use every day, you should too.
- Experience building or contributing to frameworks, platforms, or reusable abstractions, not just feature work. You know when to build a primitive versus ship a one-off.
- Demonstrated ability to ship independently, influence architecture, and set direction on a small, high-impact team.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to translate technical detail into actionable insight for both engineering and partner teams.
BONUS IF YOU:
- Have experience building agentic systems, AI tooling, or automation frameworks, and especially agents in production. You understand the difference between a demo and a system that works reliably at scale.
- Are familiar with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.), prompt engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Have worked with Vercel, Next.js, or the modern web deployment ecosystem.
- Have experience with sandboxed execution environments, container orchestration, or secure multi-tenant 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.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $232,000 - $348,000 (Staff level IC and above). Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, level/experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details 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.
ABOUT VERCEL:
Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web. Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join the Vercel Agent team. Our mission is simple: deploying on Vercel should feel like adding a seasoned infrastructure engineer to your team. The Vercel Agent investigates incidents before you see them, fixes failing builds, reviews code with deep production context, and answers questions about your running app with the authority of someone who has read the logs. Today, this work spans multiple shipped products: automated code review on every PR, AI-driven investigation of production anomalies, an intelligent support agent that resolves the majority of customer issues without human intervention, and conversational code generation. We’re now unifying these into a single agent that appears pervasively across surfaces (like the Vercel dashboard, Vercel CLI, Slack, and many more), and is capable of multi-step reasoning, code execution in sandboxed environments, and taking real actions on your behalf. Two things we’re most excited about: self-driving infrastructure, where 90% of what requires manual DevOps today gets handled automatically by the platform; and framework-defined agents, where the agent is customized to each customer’s application, injecting the right skills when they’re needed rather than dumping generic best practices. This is a small team with an outsized mandate. You’ll work directly with leadership and across product, design, and infrastructure teams to define what self-driving infrastructure looks like — then build it. If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, even if the role is listed as remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Design and build agentic systems that autonomously investigate, diagnose, and remediate production issues — from 500 errors and build failures to performance regressions and security anomalies.
- Architect multi-step agent workflows that coordinate across tools, APIs, and sandboxed code execution environments, with durable state that survives crashes and timeouts.
- Build the skills and tool integrations that give the agent deep knowledge of the Vercel platform, such as deployments, functions, logs, metrics, DNS, and the full lifecycle of a web application.
- Ship polished, user-facing experiences across multiple surfaces (Slack, dashboard, CLI) without waiting for a designer to hand you a mockup. This team values engineers with strong product and UI instincts.
- Develop the infrastructure for dynamic skill injection, so the agent acquires new capabilities at runtime rather than through redeployment, routing the right logic to the right context at the right time.
- Collaborate with other engineers on prompt engineering, model evaluation, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines that ground the agent in accurate, up-to-date knowledge.
ABOUT YOU:
- 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience, with strong TypeScript proficiency. Engineers with deep Python experience who are excited to work in TypeScript are also a great fit.
- A track record of openness and adaptability: you’ve shifted into new technologies, new domains, or new roles and thrived. This space is changing faster than anyone can claim expertise; we want people who learn and adapt, not people who play expert.
- Strong product and UI sensibility. You care about the details of how an AI interaction feels to a user, and you can build great experiences without waiting for a designer.
- Full-stack capability with an understanding of infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and how large-scale web applications operate. The agent needs to reason about the same systems our customers use every day, you should too.
- Experience building or contributing to frameworks, platforms, or reusable abstractions, not just feature work. You know when to build a primitive versus ship a one-off.
- Demonstrated ability to ship independently, influence architecture, and set direction on a small, high-impact team.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to translate technical detail into actionable insight for both engineering and partner teams.
BONUS IF YOU:
- Have experience building agentic systems, AI tooling, or automation frameworks, and especially agents in production. You understand the difference between a demo and a system that works reliably at scale.
- Are familiar with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.), prompt engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Have worked with Vercel, Next.js, or the modern web deployment ecosystem.
- Have experience with sandboxed execution environments, container orchestration, or secure multi-tenant 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.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $232,000 - $348,000 (Staff level IC and above). Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, level/experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details 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.
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Frame your systems experience around edge compute
Vercel's backend stack centers on serverless runtimes and edge infrastructure. Tailor your resume and portfolio to highlight distributed systems, low-latency APIs, or runtime internals before you apply, since generic web backend experience reads as a weak match.
Verify your visa category fits the role
Vercel sponsors E-3, TN, and F-1 OPT and CPT holders, but each category has different timing requirements. If your OPT expires mid-hiring-cycle, confirm your STEM OPT extension eligibility before reaching the offer stage so you're not rushed by authorization gaps.
Target roles where Vercel has filed before
Use Migrate Mate to filter Backend Engineer openings at Vercel that match your visa type, so you're applying to positions the company has a documented history of sponsoring rather than roles where sponsorship is uncertain.
Prepare a degree-to-role narrative for the visa interview
Vercel backend roles typically require computer science or engineering credentials. Because specialty occupation determinations hinge on degree-to-role alignment, prepare a clear explanation of how your specific degree field maps to the infrastructure or systems work in the job description.
Align your start date with USCIS processing windows
If your offer requires a change of status through USCIS rather than consular processing, standard processing runs several months. Negotiate a start date that accounts for this window so neither you nor Vercel is caught waiting on a pending petition.
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Does Vercel sponsor H-1B visas for Backend Engineers?
Vercel's primary documented sponsorship activity for Backend Engineers covers E-3, TN, and F-1 OPT and CPT categories. H-1B sponsorship is not prominently reflected in their recent filing history for this role. If you're an Australian or Canadian national, the E-3 or TN pathway may be a more direct route into a Vercel backend position than waiting on H-1B lottery selection.
How do I apply for Backend Engineer jobs at Vercel?
Backend Engineer openings at Vercel are listed on their careers page and updated regularly. To apply, submit a resume that speaks directly to their infrastructure stack, including serverless, edge compute, or runtime work. If visa sponsorship is a factor, use Migrate Mate to browse current Vercel Backend Engineer roles filtered by your specific visa category before applying directly through Vercel's portal.
Which visa types are commonly used for Backend Engineer roles at Vercel?
Vercel has sponsored Backend Engineers on E-3 visas for Australian nationals, TN visas for Canadian and Mexican nationals, and F-1 OPT and CPT for recent graduates. Each pathway has different credential and timing requirements. E-3 and TN are employer-filed, while F-1 OPT authorization is managed through your university's DSO before the employer's involvement begins.
What qualifications does Vercel expect from Backend Engineer candidates?
Vercel backend roles generally require a computer science or engineering degree plus hands-on experience with distributed systems, serverless architectures, or performance-critical infrastructure. Familiarity with their open-source ecosystem, including Next.js internals or edge runtime behavior, signals genuine product fit. Experience with Rust, Go, or TypeScript at the systems level is commonly referenced in their job descriptions.
How do I time a visa sponsorship process when applying to Vercel?
The timeline depends on your visa category. F-1 OPT authorization can take up to 90 days from your DSO's I-20 amendment, so apply early. E-3 consular processing typically moves within two to four weeks once the DOL certifies the LCA. TN is usually same-day at the port of entry. Raise your authorization timeline with the recruiter once you reach the offer stage so the hiring team can plan around it.
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