Software Engineer, Platform
Core
Design and build high-scale internal observability systems (metrics, logs, traces) and cost attribution tooling to provide visibility into Vercel's infrastructure and operations.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Software Engineer (Observability)
Builds
Internal observability systems, cost attribution/chargeback tooling, and instrumented services for compliance and auditing.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Observability / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Zig, distributed computing systems, cloud infrastructure, object storage, observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus)
Preferred skills
CNCF observability projects, internal developer platforms
Technologies
TypeScript, Go, Rust, Zig, Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus, CNCF ecosystem
Responsibilities
Design and build high-scale internal observability systems; Build cost attribution and chargeback tooling; Partner with teams to instrument services for compliance and auditing; Evaluate and integrate observability infrastructure across vendors and CNCF ecosystem; Scale observability infrastructure to production traffic throughput and cardinality.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
