Forward-Deployed Engineer

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 are looking for a Forward‑Deployed Engineer to join our Professional Services team. This is not a traditional consulting role—you will embed directly with our most strategic enterprise customers to drive transformational outcomes across frontend modernization, platform migrations, and AI adoption. In this role, you will lead complex Next.js migrations, architect high‑performance applications, and build production AI solutions—all within customer environments. You’ll work hands‑on‑keyboard alongside customer teams, whether you’re migrating a legacy React application to App Router, conducting a deep‑dive code audit, or deploying production agents using Vercel’s AI SDK. You will be equally comfortable leading a technical discovery session with engineering leadership as you are refactoring a complex rendering strategy or optimizing an agentic workflow. Our Forward‑Deployed Engineer operates with high agency and autonomy. You’ll navigate ambiguous enterprise environments, assess technical debt, design migration strategies, and deliver measurable business value—all while building long‑term relationships that expand our partnership with each customer. You will report to the Director of Professional Services and will be remote‑first with significant travel (25‑40%) to customer sites for embedded engagements.

Our Culture and Commitment

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.