5 days ago
Remote, United Kingdom or Remote, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales on technical discovery, customer qualification, and solution strategy.
- Design architectures for agentic workflows, AI applications, and web applications on Vercel.
- Create and deliver tailored demos, technical presentations, and workshops.
- Own proofs of concept and pilots end to end, including success criteria, implementation guidance, technical blockers, and executive outcomes.
- Lead post-sale architecture for strategic accounts, including onboarding, migrations, reference implementations, and best practices.
- Advise customers on performance, reliability, security, and cost optimization using Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse, and observability data.
- Coordinate security, compliance, and architecture reviews with internal specialists.
- Develop reusable playbooks, reference architectures, example repositories, talks, and blog posts.
- Feed recurring customer patterns and product gaps into Product and Engineering roadmaps.
- Travel to industry events and customer on-sites as needed.
Requirements
- Significant experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Platform Architect, or Agency Software Engineer.
- Strong hands-on JavaScript and TypeScript skills with modern web frameworks, ideally including Next.js.
- Understanding of web performance, caching, networking, and security fundamentals.
- Experience discussing business outcomes with executives and implementation details with developers.
- Track record of owning complex technical projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and their integration with enterprise architectures.
- Experience with AI-powered applications or agentic workloads, ideally using the AI SDK, is preferred.
- Production experience deploying and operating Next.js or other modern frontend frameworks on Vercel or similar platforms is a bonus.
- Experience with composable architectures, including headless CMS, commerce, search, analytics, and identity providers, is a bonus.
- Cloud or architecture certifications and experience leading large-scale cloud-native migrations are bonuses.
- Familiarity with SOC 2, PCI DSS, or HIPAA and participation in customer security reviews are bonuses.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including equity.
- Inclusive healthcare package.
- Mentorship and opportunities to attend professional events.
- Flexible time off.
- Company-provided equipment and a work-from-home budget.
- In-office anchor days for employees within commuting distance of the London or Berlin office.
- Some travel to industry events and customer on-sites is expected.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Vercel
Vercel builds a frontend cloud platform for developing, previewing, and deploying web applications, with strong support for React and Next.js. It sells usage-based and enterprise plans to developers and companies, and it stewards the open-source Next.js framework alongside tools like the AI SDK. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company focuses on speeding up modern web development and delivery.