Staff Data Platform Engineer — Real-Time Analytics

Vercel; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Vercel is seeking a Staff level Engineer to lead the design and development of a next-generation Data Platform that powers analytics and AI initiatives across products. You will define the technical vision, work with cross-functional teams, and implement scalable systems using Kafka, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Data Engineering, you’ll write production-grade code, set high standards for design and data governance, and mentor a team of engineers as the

Qualifications

• Experience leading a data platform or data engineering team.
• Strong background in real-time analytics and large-scale data systems.
• Production-grade coding and high standards for design and data governance.
• Ability to partner with product, security, and legal teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a next-generation data platform that supports batch and real-time analytics, leveraging Kafka and other streaming technologies.
• Work with engineering, product, and senior leadership teams across Vercel to architect solutions that address business needs, aligning technical strategies with product goals and ensuring data availability.
• Define and maintain guidelines for data ingestion, creation, enrichment, and storage, overseeing data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing (ClickHouse, Tinybird, Snowflake) to achieve low-latency analytics.
• Develop end-to-end solutions across the tech stack, setting the example for engineering excellence, and provide mentorship and direction that fosters continuous improvement and innovation in the team.
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure adherence to data protection standards, and champion high availability and fault tolerance through monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.
• Drive architectural decisions and roadmap plann

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Architecture design

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kafka

ClickHouse

Tinybird

Snowflake

Job description

Vercel is seeking a Staff level Engineer to lead the design and development of a next-generation Data Platform that powers analytics and AI initiatives across products. You will define the technical vision, work with cross-functional teams, and implement scalable systems using Kafka, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Data Engineering, you’ll write production-grade code, set high standards for design and data governance, and mentor a team of engineers as the