Vercel
Tech / AI / Software
SoftwareEngineer,AIGateway
“Software Engineer, AI Gateway at Vercel. Skills: AI Gateway platform development, unified API endpoints, rate limit management, intelligent failover mechanisms, low-latency responses, stability for high-volume AI inference requests, integrating new AI providers and models. developing and enhancing our AI Gateway platform. provides a unified API for accessing hundreds of AI models from multiple providers”
What You'll Achieve.
enable the world to ship the best products; create a place where everyone can do their best work; ship things; boost uptime and reliability; enable developers to ship AI-powered applications without managing provider-specific complexities
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of relevant experience, proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, experience with backend development, experience with APIs, experience with cloud infrastructure, Experience with AI/ML integrations, Experience with API gateways, Experience with distributed systems, Experience handling high-throughput services (e.g., rate limiting, caching, failovers)
Nice to Have
Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects
What You'll Do.
developing and enhancing our AI Gateway platform
provides a unified API for accessing hundreds of AI models from multiple providers
low-latency systems that handle rate limiting
intelligent failovers
and seamless integrations
ensuring production-ready reliability for AI workloads
automatic fallbacks during outages
consistent performance across providers
Contribute to the design
and maintenance of the AI Gateway platform
emphasizing features like unified API endpoints
rate limit management
and intelligent failover mechanisms to boost uptime and reliability
and well-documented code
conducting thorough testing to ensure low-latency responses and stability for high-volume AI inference requests
integrate new AI providers and models
addressing scalability and performance challenges
Engage with the open-source community
contribute to AI SDK and related projects
Gather user feedback and analytics to drive innovations in AI Gateway
enhanced billing unification
provider-agnostic authentication
analytics for usage insights
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with a remote and distributed team of engineers; Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, AI researchers, and infrastructure engineers; work effectively in a collaborative team environment
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
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