Platform Engineering Director — Scale Multi-Tenant Platforms

Vercel Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 262,000 - 348,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Healthcare

Mentorship & growth

Flexible PTO

Remote-friendly

Home office budget

Job summary

Vercel Inc. is seeking an engineering leader to own the horizontal team rebuilding Vercel for Platforms. You will lead a small but broad team spanning deployment infrastructure, domains, identity, billing, observability, and developer tooling, with scope to scale platforms serving millions of tenants and applications.

The role is hybrid based in SF, focusing on cross-team coordination, technical direction, product judgment, and shaping a strategic growth engine for Vercel.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale platforms or multi-tenant systems.
• 5+ years managing engineers.
• Strong technical foundation. You can review system designs, understand data model challenges, and evaluate infrastructure tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-org alignment.
• Track record establishing trust, psychological safety, and clear expectations; skilled at timely, candid feedback.
• Strong facilitator in technical conflict. You listen, synthesize, decide, and bring the team with you.
• Clear communicator who sets expectations, gives direct feedback, and builds trust across teams.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Team leadership

Hiring experience

System design review

Cross-team alignment

Technical strategy

Communication

Conflict facilitation

Job description

Vercel Inc. is seeking an engineering leader to own the horizontal team rebuilding Vercel for Platforms. You will lead a small but broad team spanning deployment infrastructure, domains, identity, billing, observability, and developer tooling, with scope to scale platforms serving millions of tenants and applications.

The role is hybrid based in SF, focusing on cross-team coordination, technical direction, product judgment, and shaping a strategic growth engine for Vercel.