Forward-Deployed Engineer 

<div class="content-intro"><h2>About Vercel:</h2> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.<br></span></p> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.</span></p></div><h2>About the role:</h2> <p>We are looking for a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Forward-Deployed Engineer</span><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>to join our Professional Services team. This is not a traditional consulting role—you will embed directly with our most strategic enterprise customers to drive transformational outcomes across frontend modernization, platform migrations, and AI adoption.</p> <p>In this role, you will lead complex Next.js migrations, architect high-performance applications, and build production AI solutions—all within customer environments. You'll work hands-on-keyboard alongside customer teams, whether you're migrating a legacy React application to App Router, conducting a deep-dive code audit, or deploying production agents using Vercel's AI SDK. You will be equally comfortable leading a technical discovery session with engineering leadership as you are refactoring a complex rendering strategy or optimizing an agentic workflow.</p> <p>Our <span class="Apple-converted-space">Forward-Deployed Engineer</span>&nbsp;operate with high agency and autonomy. You'll navigate ambiguous enterprise environments, assess technical debt, design migration strategies, and deliver measurable business value—all while building long-term relationships that expand our partnership with each customer.</p> <p>You will report to the Director of Professional Services and will be remote-first with significant travel (25-40%) to customer sites for embedded engagements.</p> <h2>What you will do:</h2> <ol> <li><strong>Lead complex frontend migrations</strong>—modernizing legacy React, Vue, or other frameworks to Next.js, including Pages to App Router transitions, incremental adoption strategies, and large-scale codebase transformations.</li> <li><strong>Conduct technical assessments and code audits</strong>, analyzing customer codebases for performance bottlenecks, architectural anti-patterns, and optimization opportunities—delivering actionable roadmaps that drive measurable improvements.</li> <li><strong>Architect and implement high-performance Next.js applications</strong>, leveraging App Router, Server Components, streaming, ISR, edge functions, and advanced rendering strategies to meet enterprise scale and performance requirements.</li> <li><strong>Optimize Core Web Vitals and application performance</strong>, using tools like Vercel Speed Insights to diagnose issues and implement fixes that improve SEO, conversion rates, and user experience.</li> <li><strong>Build production AI solutions</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>using Vercel's AI SDK and AI Cloud—including conversational interfaces, production agents, MCP servers, and agentic workflows that transform customer operations.</li> <li><strong>Embed with strategic customers</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>to build production applications—working within their systems, understanding their constraints, and shipping TypeScript code that goes live.</li> <li><strong>Drive enablement and knowledge transfer</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>through workshops, pair programming, and documentation—ensuring customer teams can extend and maintain solutions independently.</li> <li><strong>Navigate complex enterprise environments</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>by building relationships with stakeholders across engineering, product, and executive teams—translating technical capabilities into business outcomes.</li> <li><strong>Participate in pre-sales activities</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>by providing technical expertise during discovery calls, scoping sessions, and propos