Software Engineer, Observability

Vercel; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Engineer in the Observability team, where you'll design and maintain innovative observability products. This role offers the opportunity to work remotely, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance developer experience and application performance. Your expertise in data processing and frontend frameworks will be pivotal in driving continuous innovation. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology and enjoy contributing to open-source projects, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on observability.
• Strong understanding of data ingestion and processing from distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain observability products that meet high-quality standards.
• Develop visualization tools to enhance application performance insights.

Skills

Data Processing

Columnar Databases

Open Source Contribution

Frontend Frameworks

Performance Profiling

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Job description

Remote - New York City, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany

About Vercel:

Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. Customers like Under Armour, eBay, The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, and Zapier use Vercel to build dynamic user experiences on the web.

At Vercel, our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products and that goes hand in hand with creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Observability team. Vercel users rely on Observability to monitor and understand their applications’ health and behavior. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain Observability products that meet high-quality standards and integrate seamlessly with the Vercel Platform. You will be remote based in Europe or the New York area.

What You Will Do:

• Handle large-scale data ingestion, storage, and processing from distributed systems.
• Develop cutting-edge visualization tools to provide insights into application behavior and performance.
• Integrate observability features with popular frontend tools, frameworks, and build systems to enhance developer experience.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, ensuring platform reliability through thorough testing.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and infrastructure teams to solve challenges and deliver top-tier solutions.
• Engage with the open-source community by contributing to projects and participating in discussions, supporting Vercel’s developer-focused mission.
• Collect feedback from developers and users to drive continuous innovation and improvement in the observability product area.

About You:

• You have at least 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Solid understanding of how to efficiently work with columnar databases.
• Previous experience in processing large quantities of data, using messaging systems or streaming services at scale.
• Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks, performance profiling and optimization for web applications.
• A proactive and self-driven approach to problem-solving, with a passion for pushing the boundaries of frontend tooling.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.