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Salary: USD 168,000 - 237,000 / annual
Vercel is hiring a Community Engineer to evolve and scale the company's developer ecosystem strategy within the Marketing organization. This is a strategic, externally-facing role reporting to the Head of Marketing Programs & Vercel Media.
You will own and expand Vercel's developer-facing programs, lead ecosystem partnerships, and define the global conference and sponsorship strategy across the developer ecosystem. The role focuses on strengthening Vercel's influence across the modern web ecosystem by deepening relationships with open source maintainers and ecosystem leaders, ensuring sponsorships and conference presence are high-impact, and positioning Vercel at the center of key developer conversations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Evolving Vercel's developer-facing programs by refining sponsorship frameworks, strengthening maintainer relationships, and increasing visibility and measurable impact
- Developing Vercel's developer ecosystem strategy by identifying priority focus areas, building high-leverage partnerships, and positioning the company at the center of the modern web
- Defining global conference and sponsorship strategy, determining where and how Vercel shows up, representing the company at flagship events, and establishing clear ROI
- Shaping developer thought leadership and narrative through Vercel Media, ensuring ecosystem presence reinforces brand and product positioning
- Driving cross-functional alignment with Developer Experience, Community, Product Marketing, and Brand teams
Required qualifications:
- 6+ years in Developer Relations, Developer Marketing, OSS leadership, or ecosystem strategy
- Experience owning or scaling an existing open source or ecosystem program
- Strong relationships within the modern web or open source community
- Experience managing sponsorship investments and evaluating ROI
- Proven conference speaking experience at high-visibility developer events
- Ability to connect ecosystem initiatives to measurable marketing and business impact
- Deep technical fluency with modern web technologies (Next.js, frontend frameworks, cloud platforms)
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly for conferences and ecosystem engagements
The role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday if based within commuting distance of SF, NYC, or Austin offices; otherwise fully remote.
