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# Software Engineer, Next.js

- **Company:** Vercel Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $208,000.0 - $312,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Compilers, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Routing, Open Source Technology, Next.js, Systems Integration, ReactJS, Caching, Backend, Free and Open-Source Software, Build Tools, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** May 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://authenticjobs.com/job/36284/vercel-software-engineer-next-js/

## About the Role

Strong React expertise
Passion for open source and developer communities
Background in framework development, developer tooling, or product infrastructure
Comfort working across frontend, backend, build tooling, and runtime systems
Strong product sense and care for developer experience
Ability to investigate deeply, debug ambiguous issues, and reason from real evidence
High independence in a distributed team environment
Clear written communication and strong ownership
Bonus If You:
Have experience maintaining open source projects
Have experience with compilers, bundlers, caching, rendering systems, or distributed infrastructure
Familiarity with Next.js, though this is not required

## Description

The Next.js team builds the open source framework that powers millions of applications and shapes how developers build for the web. Our work sits at the intersection of React, framework architecture, developer experience, infrastructure, performance, and production reliability.

We are looking for engineers who are excited to work deeply on open source developer infrastructure. You do not need to be a Next.js expert. You do need strong React expertise, high independence, good product judgment, and the ability to investigate complex technical problems from first principles.

This role is a strong fit for someone with a background in framework development, developer tooling, or product infrastructure: someone comfortable moving across the stack, working in public, and turning ambiguous problems into clear technical direction.

What You Will Do:
In this role, you will work across framework internals, rendering, caching, routing, build systems, developer tooling, documentation, platform integration, and user-facing product behavior. The team is highly distributed, so strong written communication, ownership, and self-direction are essential.


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