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Salary: USD 226,000 - 325,000 / annual
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company building the platform for the next generation of software. As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, Vercel creates products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience. The company is trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
As an Engineering Manager on the Dashboard team, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for the primary interface developers use to build, deploy, and manage applications on Vercel. The Dashboard is where customers experience the platform every day, from onboarding new projects to managing deployments, observability, billing, security, AI, and team collaboration.
You'll partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and other engineering teams to deliver intuitive, high-quality product experiences while helping shape the long-term architecture of one of Vercel's most important customer-facing surfaces. This role requires balancing technical leadership, product thinking, and strong people management to help the team ship quickly without compromising quality.
Key responsibilities include:
- Build and grow a high-performing team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentorship, and thoughtful career development
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and high engineering standards while creating an environment where engineers can do their best work
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to define roadmap priorities and execute against ambitious product goals
- Help the team make sound technical decisions around frontend architecture, performance, reliability, and developer experience
- Occasionally review and contribute code to stay close to the technology and unblock the team when needed
- Drive operational excellence through strong engineering processes, incident management, and continuous improvement
- Balance short-term product delivery with long-term investments in technical quality and platform scalability
- Champion a customer-first mindset, ensuring the Dashboard remains fast, intuitive, and delightful for developers of all sizes
Requirements:
- Experience leading and growing high-performing engineering teams
- Experience building and operating large-scale customer-facing web applications or developer products
- Strong product engineering mindset and ability to work closely with product managers and designers to deliver polished user experiences
- Experience building modern web applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and the broader JavaScript ecosystem
- Understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, accessibility, and design systems
- Clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences with ability to build alignment across teams
- Comfort in fast-moving environments and ability to make decisions with incomplete information
- Commitment to creating an inclusive team culture where engineers can grow and have meaningful impact
