Job brief: Software Engineer, Backend

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• Listed on Vercel's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Vercel's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City · Office - New York City · Office - San Francisco
• Posted: 2026-11-04

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5+ years of experience.

Must have

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience

Conditions

• Security and reliability come first, from identity synchronization to the services you run on call.
• This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in San Francisco or NYC.

Main duties

• Build and maintain enterprise services in TypeScript, REST APIs, and JSON for user, group, and membership management
• Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management using SCIM and related standards
• Operate services at high scale, including scheduled on-call rotations
• Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes) to deliver scalable, high-availability applications
• Work with cross-functional and peer teams to deliver large-scale projects with cross-team dependencies

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,148 listings, 68 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Vercel's 71 open listings, 54% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Vercel hires

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