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Head of Education

Hybrid - San Francisco/Bay Area, New York City

About Vercel

Vercel is a developer cloud to build and deploy web applications. Our mission is to enable anyone to ship quality products.

We’re the creators of Next.js, v0, AI SDK, Turborepo, and other developer tools.

About the Role

This role is responsible for teaching millions of developers in our global community.

You will develop curriculums to teach our frameworks and products, build and maintain our educational platform, and work with Vercel employees and external partners to create courses. This will be both beginner and advanced content development. You will create our certification program and bootstrap our marketplace of certified experts.

This role is based at either our San Francisco headquarters or NY office. You are expected to work at the office 3x a week with our team.

About You:

  • You have 5+ years of engineering experience
  • You have a deep understanding of the web and frontend ecosystem
  • You have built courses for a technical audience of developers
  • You attract great developers to work for you
  • You don’t wait for a meeting – you take action immediately
  • You are comfortable leading teams and developing talented engineers
  • You thrive in an environment of extreme ownership and knowing your metrics
  • You would describe yourself as an excellent writer

Bonus If You:

  • Have previous experience starting a company (former founder)
  • Have experience working at startups
  • Have extreme subject matter knowledge on Next.js or React
  • Have built certification programs in the past (including accreditation) 

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Stock options (RSUs)
  • Healthcare
  • Learning and development budget
  • Gear/tech you need to be effective in your role
  • Flexible vacation policy (you’re treated like an adult)
  • Paid holidays off, including the week off before New Years

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $150,000 - $250,000 OTE. This salary range is an estimate. Actual salary will be based on job related skills, experience and location. Pay ranges outside San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package also includes benefits and equity-based compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location 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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