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Software Engineer, Compute
DevOpsHybrid — London, UK
Published on 2026-11-02
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About this role
Build and operate the storage and state infrastructure powering Vercel’s compute platform across customer deployment regions. The role focuses on low-level Linux and virtualization primitives, distributed-system reliability, and improving the developer experience of compute features.
About the company
Vercel is a platform designed to enhance the frontend development experience, enabling developers to build, deploy, and host modern web applications efficiently. They serve a range of clients, focusing on startups and enterprises across various industries.
The team
Persistence team within the Compute division.
Stack
GoTerraformNomadLinuxvirtual filesystemsvirtual machines
What you'll do
- Manage and improve clusters deployed across customer regions
- Provision infrastructure with Terraform and develop in Go
- Rethink infrastructure primitives for storage, state, and virtualization
- Own compute-platform reliability and performance, including on-call coverage
- Collaborate across teams on convergence of Vercel compute
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience; Go strongly preferred
- Deep experience with virtual machines, file systems, and Linux
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with schedulers and orchestrators such as Nomad or Kubernetes
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with low-level virtualization or sandbox execution environments
- Product engineering experience and interest in developer-facing infrastructure impact
- Experience with on-call operations for large-scale distributed systems
Benefits
- Equity
- Inclusive healthcare package
- Flexible time off
- Work equipment and a work-from-home budget