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Build Systems Engineer - Turborepo

Hybrid - New York

About Vercel:

Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. Customers like Under Armour, eBay, The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, and Zapier use Vercel to build dynamic user experiences on the web. At Vercel, our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products and that goes hand in hand with creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Build Systems Engineer to join our CI/CD - Turborepo team. This team owns the complete end-to-end lifecycle for building, testing, and deploying your projects at Vercel, including maintaining and improving open-source tools like Turborepo and the Vercel CLI. You'll play a critical role in enhancing the efficiency, reliability, and developer experience of our build and deployment systems, supporting both internal teams and our vibrant community of developers.

What You Will Do:

  • Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of Turborepo, ensuring it meets high-performance standards and integrates seamlessly with our deployment platform.
  • Identify opportunities and lead projects to enhance performance, reliability, and developer experience of CI/CD on Vercel.
  • Improve developer experience for both large and small codebases
  • Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in CI/CD technologies, bringing innovative ideas to the team.
  • Engage with the open-source community, participate in discussions, and contribute to related projects, aligning with Vercel's commitment to giving back to the developer community.
  • Write clean, efficient, tested, and well-documented code.

About You:

  • You have at least 5+ years of relevant experience and 1+ years writing Rust code
  • You have experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed systems
  • You have strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with modern frontend development tools.
  • You are intrigued by the challenges faced by building and orchestrating other engineer's code.
  • You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
  • You have opinions about how to architect scalable codebases

Bonus If You:

  • Are a React or Next.js expert
  • Have experience building ergonomic CLIs
  • Have experience contributing to or participating in open source projects.
  • You have familiarity with frontend frameworks and their build processes.
  • You are knowledgeable about file systems, graph data structures, and software build systems

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity.
  • Inclusive Healthcare Package.
  • Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
  • Flexible Time Off.
  • We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $180,000.00 - $260,000.00.  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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