[Remote] Sr. Engineering Manager, Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vercel is an agentic infrastructure company that shapes how the web is built. They are seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead teams focused on Reliability & Resilience and Developer Productivity, overseeing strategy, execution, and people leadership across core platform and operational domains.ResponsibilitiesLead and grow a team of highly independent engineers across Reliability & Resilience and Developer Productivity teams; set org structure, hiring plan, and delivery goalsOwn the platform roadmap and execution for improvements in development velocity, iteration speed, platform availability, and deployment safetyBuild an industry-leading reliability practice: manage SLOs and error budgets, run incident response and postmortems, and prioritize resilience work across critical servicesOperate and evolve core platform services including API gateway, storage and caching infrastructure, secrets management, and observabilityManage capacity and cost: forecasting, right-sizing, tuning, and spend governance tied to workload and growth plansOwn key relationships with critical SaaS vendors supporting our platform stack, including evaluation, contracts/renewals, and operational integrationSkills3+ years managing engineers (managing managers is a plus)Hands-on technical depth in Kubernetes production operations, CI/CD systemsTrack record owning key platform dependencies such as API gateways, caches, petabyte-scale KV stores and databasesDemonstrated ownership of reliability programs: SLOs, error budgets, incident response, postmortems, and measurable reductions in downtimeProven ability to translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-org alignment8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systemsTrack record establishing trust, psychological safety, and clear expectations; skilled at timely, candid feedbackStrong facilitator in technical conflict—you listen, synthesize, decide, and bring the team with youHave experience using Vercel platformBenefitsCompetitive 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.Company OverviewVercel is a developer platform that provides cloud infrastructure services for the web. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Covina, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://vercel.com.Company H1B SponsorshipVercel has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2026, 4 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 5 in 2023, 5 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.