# Director of Professional Services at Vercel

- Company: Vercel
- What the company does: The autonomous stack for every app and agent. Backed by Accel, General Catalyst and Khosla.
- Company website: https://vercel.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $240K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vercel/jobs/6120051004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vercel-director-of-professional-services/

## About the role

We are looking for a Director of Professional Services to build and lead Vercel's Professional Services function. Forward Deployed Engineers embed directly with our most strategic customers to design, build, and ship production applications on Vercel using Next.js, AI SDK, and v0, taking projects from first prototype through production rollout. You will define how this function operates: the engagement model, the delivery methodology, the commercial structure, and the team itself.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, or technical consulting roles, with at least 5 years leading customer-facing engineering or delivery teams in a high-growth environment
- Experience building a team, function, or service line from zero, including hiring, methodology, and operating model
- Strong background in modern web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, cloud infrastructure) with the ability to review code and whiteboard architectures credibly
- Experience building or deploying LLM-powered applications and an understanding of how model behavior shapes product decisions
- Commercial acumen: you have scoped, priced, and delivered technical engagements for enterprise customers and understand utilization, margin, and capacity tradeoffs
- Demonstrated success embedding with customer engineering teams to deliver complex production systems

Tags: Professional Services