Software Engineer, Workflows

Vercel
San Francisco, CA, USA2026-02-12

About the job

As a member of the Workflows Team, you will be responsible for developing and enhancing our Workflow Development Kit (WDK) and Vercel Workflow platform, with a focus on AI enablement. You will collaborate closely with a team of talented engineers to create durable, observable, and fault-tolerant tools that empower developers to build AI agents, long-running processes, and intelligent workflows. This includes integrating AI capabilities for patterns like sequential processing, parallel execution, and evaluator-optimizer loops, ensuring seamless durability for AI-native applications.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Workflow Development Kit and Vercel Workflow platform, with emphasis on AI integrations for reliable agentic workflows, durability, and observability.

Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code. Conduct comprehensive testing to ensure the reliability and stability of workflows, including handling pauses, resumptions, and state management for AI agents.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and infrastructure experts, to address challenges and deliver exceptional results in AI-enabled development workflows.

Engage with the open-source community, participate in discussions, and contribute to related projects, aligning with Vercel's commitment to giving back to the developer community.

Actively gather feedback from developers and users, and use it to drive continuous improvement and innovation in AI enablement features within the Workflows platform.

Qualifications

Minimum

You have at least 5+ years of relevant experience

Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with modern frontend development tools

Experience with AI/ML frameworks, workflow automation, or building durable systems (e.g., agents, queues, state machines)

Experience contributing to or participating in open source projects

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.