Software Engineer - Trust & Safety

About Vercel:

Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.

Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.

About the Role:

As a webhost, millions of project builds flow through Vercel each day, and the flip side of the coin of being the best at what we do is keeping up with Trust & Safety issues. Whether it’s building out detection systems to find bad actors, scaling out our abuse response, or working to keep Vercel’s new products and features safe and scalable—Trust & Safety is on the case. We are looking for a Software Engineer to grow the Trust & Safety Engineering team and to protect Vercel, our users, and society from harms, fraud, and other risks.

What You Will Do:

• Hold a high bar for technical work and teamwork.

• Build rapport with each member of the team and support them as they level up their skills.

• Work closely with team leadership, our program manager, and trust & safety sub-teams to synthesize needs into engineering roadmaps.

• Review and write code along with the team.

• Participate in and manage the team's on-call rotation.

• Reduce abuse, fraud, and other harms on Vercel.

About You:

• You have at least 4+ years of experience managing technical teams, or 6+ as team technical lead—in rapidly growing companies.

• You have applied experience building and maintaining scaled abuse detection and restriction/checkpoint systems in a professional setting.

• People tell you that you communicate well and you are comfortable with uncertainty.

• You are excited by nurturing engineers and building engineering teams.

• You are located in the SF Bay Area.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.

• Inclusive Healthcare Package.

• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.

• Flexible Time Off.

• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $194,000 - $294,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.

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.