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Vercel

Software Engineer – Scheduled Tasks

Vercel

. Design, build, and operate platform capabilities across Workflows, Queues, and Cron.

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $196,000 - $312,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating distributed systems and developer platforms, with a strong focus on APIs, job queues, and event-driven architectures. Proven ability to deliver high-quality, well-tested code while collaborating effectively across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Distributed Systems DevelopmentAPI DevelopmentJob Queues and SchedulersTypeScript/JavaScript ProficiencyTechnical Communication

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Hard Skills
Distributed SystemsAPI DevelopmentJob QueuesSchedulersWorkflow OrchestrationEvent-Driven SystemsState MachinesStream ProcessingFault ToleranceConcurrency
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationCross-Team CollaborationComplex Problem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
Open-Source InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCloud Infrastructure
Industry Keywords
Durable ExecutionDelivery GuaranteesRetriesIdempotency

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, build, and operate platform capabilities across Workflows, Queues, and Cron.
  • Help developers build applications and agents that coordinate background, event-driven, and scheduled work.
  • Build APIs, SDKs, and tooling for defining, running, and managing durable work at scale.
  • Work on distributed-systems foundations behind scheduling, message delivery, execution, retries, and state.
  • Partner with product, developer experience, and infrastructure teams to turn customer needs into developer primitives.
  • Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, tested code, production ownership, and technical communication.
  • Engage with developers and the open-source community to improve background jobs, queues, and scheduling.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems, developer platforms, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and open-source infrastructure or developer tools is a plus.
  • Comfortable working across APIs, runtimes, storage, networking, and production operations.
  • Experience with one or more of: job queues, schedulers, workflow orchestration, event-driven systems, state machines, stream processing, or durable execution.
  • Understanding of delivery guarantees, retries, idempotency, concurrency, and fault tolerance.
  • High-quality, well-tested code and complex technical problem-solving.
  • Clear communication and cross-team collaboration.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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.
  • Eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role.