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Salary: USD 196,000 - 294,000 / annual
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, building the platform for the next generation of software that will be built, extended, and operated by AI agents. As a member of the Workflows Team, you will develop and enhance the Workflow Development Kit (WDK) and Vercel Workflow platform with a focus on AI enablement.
You will collaborate with talented engineers to create durable, observable, and fault-tolerant tools that empower developers to build AI agents, long-running processes, and intelligent workflows. This includes integrating AI capabilities for patterns like sequential processing, parallel execution, and evaluator-optimizer loops, ensuring seamless durability for AI-native applications.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, implement, and maintain the Workflow Development Kit and Vercel Workflow platform, emphasizing AI integrations for reliable agentic workflows, durability, and observability
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code with comprehensive testing to ensure reliability and stability of workflows, including handling pauses, resumptions, and state management for AI agents
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and infrastructure experts to address challenges and deliver exceptional results
- Engage with the open-source community, participate in discussions, and contribute to related projects
- Gather feedback from developers and users to drive continuous improvement and innovation in AI enablement features
Vercel is trusted by companies like OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, and Supreme, and serves millions of developers worldwide. The company is behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK.
REQUIREMENTS:
- At least 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with modern frontend development tools
- Experience with AI/ML frameworks, workflow automation, or building durable systems (e.g., agents, queues, state machines)
- Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
