Engineering Manager, AI Gateway at Vercel

We are looking for an Engineering Manager for our AI Gateway team, focused on building and scaling the infrastructure that powers unified AI model access across Vercel's platform. The AI Gateway provides developers with a single, reliable endpoint to access hundreds of AI models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more — abstracting away rate limits, failovers, and provider-specific complexity.

What You Will Do:

Lead and grow a high-performing team of engineers

Drive the architecture and execution of core platform capabilities

Partner cross-functionally with product, AI research, and infrastructure teams

Ensure production-ready reliability for AI workloads at scale

Champion developer experience

Engage with open-source community and AI SDK projects

Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers

About You:

3+ years Engineering Management experience

5+ years hands-on software engineering experience

Experience with AI/ML integrations, API gateways, or high-throughput services

Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript

Salary: $232,000-$319,000 (SF base). Location: Hybrid - San Francisco.