Vercel

Software Engineer, AI Gateway

Vercel
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5 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$196k - $294k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain the AI Gateway platform, including unified API endpoints, rate limit management, and intelligent failover mechanisms.
  • Write clean, efficient, and documented code and conduct thorough testing for low-latency responses and stable high-volume AI inference requests.
  • Integrate new AI providers and models while addressing scalability and performance challenges.
  • Contribute to the AI SDK and related open-source projects and engage with the open-source community.
  • Use user feedback and analytics to improve billing unification, provider-agnostic authentication, and usage insights.

Requirements

  • At least 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript with backend development, APIs, and cloud infrastructure experience.
  • Experience with AI/ML integrations, API gateways, distributed systems, or high-throughput services such as rate limiting, caching, and failovers.
  • Experience contributing to or participating in open-source projects.
  • Strong communication and collaborative teamwork skills.

Benefits

  • Inclusive healthcare package.
  • Mentorship and opportunities to attend professional development events.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Company-provided work equipment and a work-from-home budget.
  • Remote and distributed team environment.

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About Vercel

1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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