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Solutions Architect
Posted 9 Oct
What’s this role about? The Solutions Architect will partner with Sales for technical discovery and solution strategy, designing target architectures for modern Agentic workflows and AI/web applications on Vercel. Post-sale, they will act as the lead architect for strategic accounts, guiding adoption, implementation decisions, and driving continuous improvement through performance metrics.
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Company
About Vercel Vercel is the platform where humans and AI agents build, ship, and scale software together. Trusted by OpenAI, Meta, Ramp, and Supreme, we free the world to ship what's next.
Vercel
Agentic Infrastructure for every app and agent. Creators of AI SDK, Next.js, Turborepo, and v0.

Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery with Sales, qualify use cases, and design target
- architectures for AI agents and web applications on Vercel
- Own proofs of concept (POCs) and pilots end to end: set success criteria,
- guide implementation, and document outcomes for executive buyers
- Build and deliver tailored demos, technical presentations, and workshops for
- developer and executive audiences
- Act as lead architect post-sale for strategic accounts, guiding onboarding,
- reference implementations, and migrations, and tuning performance with Core
- Web Vitals and observability data
- Run customer security, compliance, and architecture reviews, and feed
- recurring field gaps back to Product and Engineering
Qualification
Required
- 5+ years experience in a customer-facing technical role such as solutions
- architect, sales engineer, or platform architect, working with web or cloud
- platforms
- Hands-on JavaScript and TypeScript experience, including reviewing production
- application code built with Next.js, React, or another modern framework
- Designed enterprise architectures covering web performance, caching,
- networking, and security on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Ran technical evaluations or POCs on enterprise deals with both executive and
- developer stakeholders
Preferred
- Built and shipped an AI-powered application or agent, for example with the AI
- Led a large-scale migration to a cloud-native or composable architecture
- (headless CMS, commerce, identity)
- Supported customer security reviews against SOC 2, PCI DSS, or HIPAA
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 On Target Earnings pay range for this role is $190,000 -
- $340,000. Actual OTE 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.
- Equal Opportunity: 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.
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