Vercel
DeveloperSuccessEngineer
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“Developer Success Engineer at Vercel. Skills: Next. js, React, web performance, troubleshooting, customer guidance. Lead customers through defined technical motions that accelerate their adoption and launch on Vercel. Provide implementation guidance for builds, caching, web performance, and cost efficiency”
What You'll Achieve.
accelerate adoption and unlock growth by guiding customers through their most important technical milestones; unblock progress and set customers up for long-term success on Vercel; ensure customers can launch with confidence and scale effectively; strengthen Vercel’s customer intelligence; reduce friction across the developer journey; improve the overall efficiency of our customer experience
Industry & Context.
diagnose complex technical issues; provide structured recommendations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of experience in frontend development, technical support, solutions engineering, or customer-facing technical role, knowledge of Next. js, React, and modern web performance best practices, Familiarity with troubleshooting frontend build systems, serverless runtimes, and API integrations, Ability to diagnose complex technical issues and provide structured recommendations with empathy and clarity, communication skills—you can explain technical concepts clearly in writing, async channels, and live conversations, Must have used Vercel or Next. js, or a comparable platform, Passion for helping developers succeed by delivering clear guidance, reducing friction, and creating scalable resources
Nice to Have
contributed to open-source projects, technical documentation, or developer advocacy initiatives, experience in incident management, debugging serverless functions, or optimizing frontend performance, comfortable working in a fast-paced, global, remote-friendly environment
What You'll Do.
Lead customers through defined technical motions that accelerate their adoption and launch on Vercel
Provide implementation guidance for builds
Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges related to Next. js
Identify and unblock opportunities for customer growth and expansion
Author and maintain resources (internal playbooks
external documentation
knowledge base articles)
Capture repeatable solutions and translate them into documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Sales, Support, and Product teams to escalate complex issues; Close feedback loops; Influence product improvements
Communication Scope
explain technical concepts clearly in writing; explain technical concepts in async channels; explain technical concepts in live conversations
Full Job Description
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 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, Chick-fil-A, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web. Our mission is to enable the world 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: Vercel is hiring a Developer Success Engineer (DSE) to accelerate adoption and unlock growth by guiding customers through their most important technical milestones. DSEs proactively engage with customers in time-boxed, outcome-driven motions—such as onboarding, go-live readiness, and post-launch stabilization—that help unblock progress and set customers up for long-term success on Vercel. They work with a wide variety of customers—from fast-moving startups to established enterprises—adapting their approach to match the needs and pace of each. These engagements are designed as short, focused sprints with clear objectives, allowing DSEs to work with many customers while delivering meaningful impact. By focusing on production-readiness, performance, and optimization, DSEs ensure customers can launch with confidence and scale effectively. Beyond individual engagements, DSEs capture repeatable solutions and translat
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