Developer Success Engineer

Vercel Vercel · Enterprise · Berlin, Germany +1 · Field Engineering

Vercel is seeking a Developer Success Engineer to accelerate customer adoption and growth on their platform, which includes tools for building the AI-native web. This role involves guiding customers through technical milestones, providing implementation guidance, troubleshooting issues, and creating documentation and best practices. The ideal candidate has experience in frontend development or customer-facing technical roles, with strong knowledge of Next.js and modern web performance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead customers—from fast-paced startups to established enterprises—through defined technical motions that accelerate their adoption and launch on Vercel
  2. Provide implementation guidance to ensure deployments follow best practices for builds, caching, web performance, and cost efficiency
  3. Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges related to Next.js, serverless functions, build pipelines, and integrations
  4. Identify and unblock opportunities for customer growth and expansion
  5. Author and maintain resources—including internal playbooks, external documentation, and knowledge base articles—that scale learnings across internal teams and customers

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years of experience in frontend development, technical support, solutions engineering, or customer-facing technical role
  • Strong knowledge of Next.js, React, and modern web performance best practices
  • Familiarity with troubleshooting frontend build systems, serverless runtimes, and API integrations
  • Ability to diagnose complex technical issues and provide structured recommendations with empathy and clarity
  • Strong communication skills—you can explain technical concepts clearly in writing, async channels, and live conversations.
  • Must have used Vercel or Next.js, or a comparable platform.

Nice to have

  • Contributed to open-source projects, technical documentation, or developer advocacy initiatives
  • Experience in incident management, debugging serverless functions, or optimizing frontend performance

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have used Vercel or Next.js, or a comparable platform.