Forward-Deployed Engineer

FDE Times; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Healthcare package

Learning and events

Flexible time off

WFH budget

Job summary

Vercel is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work within the Professional Services team, modernizing legacy frontends to Next.js and building production AI agents. You will own work from technical discovery to shipped TypeScript, with two profiles: Next.js expertise and AI builder scope.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 in-office days per week in London or Berlin. You will lead migrations to Next.js, audit performance, and design scalable enterprise applications using App Router, Server

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience including 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role

Responsibilities

• Build production AI agents and agentic workflows using Vercel Eve framework, AI SDK, and AI Cloud
• Lead migrations from legacy React, Vue, and other frameworks to Next.js (Pages Router to App Router)
• Audit customer codebases for performance bottlenecks and deliver improvement roadmaps
• Architect Next.js applications with App Router, Server Components, streaming and ISR at enterprise scale
• Run workshops and pair programming to enable customer teams to maintain what you ship

Skills

TypeScript

React

Performance auditing

Customer-facing

Web applications

Tools

App Router

Server Components

MCP servers

AI tooling

Job description

About Vercel

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.

Now we’re scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer on the Professional Services team, you’ll work hands-on-keyboard inside strategic enterprise customers, modernizing legacy frontends to Next.js and building production AI agents. You’ll own the work from technical discovery to shipped TypeScript, whether that’s moving a React app to App Router, auditing a codebase for performance, or deploying agents with Vercels eve framework and AI SDK. The role has two profiles: Next.js experts focus on code optimization, performance audits, and SEO and AEO (answer engine optimization), while AI builders scope, design, and ship agents that prove their value. This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in London or Berlin.

What you’ll do

• Build production AI agents, MCP servers, and agentic workflows with Vercels eve framework, AI SDK, and AI Cloud
• Lead migrations from legacy React, Vue, and other frameworks to Next.js, including Pages Router to App Router, and automate them where possible
• Audit customer codebases for performance bottlenecks and anti-patterns, and deliver roadmaps with measurable improvements
• Architect Next.js applications with App Router, Server Components, streaming, and ISR for enterprise scale
• Run workshops and pair programming so customer teams can maintain what you ship

What you need

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, or technical founder)
• Built and deployed web applications, backend systems, or agentic workflows using AI tooling such as harnesses, skills, and MCP servers
• Expert-level TypeScript and React experience shipping production applications
• Next.js experts: Led a legacy frontend migration to Next.js, or shipped a production Next.js application using App Router and Server Components
• AI builders: Built production LLM agents, including sandbox and filesystem agent patterns and human-in-the-loop flows
• Ran technical discovery and presented to executives at enterprise customers, with occasional travel to customer sites

Bonus if you

• Led an enterprise AI initiative that shipped production agents replacing manual processes or legacy systems
• Diagnosed and fixed LCP, CLS, and INP issues at scale
• Contributed to Next.js, React, or AI SDK open source

Benefits

• Great compensation package and stock options.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off - Flexible vacation policy with a recommended 4-weeks per year, and paid holidays.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

Disclosures

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