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Vercel
Vercel Platform Teams, Shipping at the Edge.
Frontend platform engineering on Vercel without the hiring overhead. Our engineers optimize deployment pipelines, configure edge middleware, manage monorepo builds, and ship preview environments that make your team faster. We work with product and platform teams across the United States, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, with 4–6 hours of daily timezone overlap and deployment configurations tuned for Vercel's European edge network to meet GDPR requirements.
Use Cases
What we build with Vercel.
Monorepo Deployment Architecture
Turborepo-powered monorepos deployed to Vercel with per-package build caching, selective deployments triggered by path filters, and shared UI libraries published as internal packages. We configure Remote Caching for CI speedups and set up workspace-level environment variables. Managing monorepo deployments for design system teams in San Francisco and multi-brand e-commerce companies in Berlin with 10+ apps in a single repository.
Preview Deployment Workflows
Branch-based preview deployments integrated with GitHub PR workflows, complete with Vercel comments showing deploy URLs, Lighthouse scores, and visual diffs. We configure protected environments, seed preview databases for realistic testing, and set up Vercel Checks for automated validation. Accelerated review cycles for product teams in New York and Amsterdam by making every PR a live, shareable environment.
Edge Middleware & Personalization
Vercel Edge Middleware for geo-based routing, A/B testing at the CDN layer, authentication checks before page load, and feature flag evaluation without origin round-trips. We implement bot protection, IP-based rate limiting, and cookie-based locale detection. Built personalization layers for media companies in London serving different content to EU and US visitors with sub-millisecond edge decisions.
Performance Optimization & Web Vitals
Vercel Speed Insights and Web Analytics for real-user Core Web Vitals monitoring, combined with Image Optimization configuration, ISR cache tuning, and edge function cold start reduction. We analyze routes with poor LCP or CLS, implement font optimization strategies, and configure Vercel's cache headers for maximum hit rates. Improved Lighthouse scores from 60s to 95+ for e-commerce storefronts in the Nordics.
Serverless & Edge Functions
API routes deployed as Vercel Serverless Functions with configurable memory and duration limits, plus Edge Functions for latency-sensitive endpoints. We implement streaming responses for AI-powered features, configure function bundling to reduce cold starts, and set up cron jobs via vercel.json. Powering real-time search APIs for SaaS platforms in Austin and AI chat interfaces for edtech companies in Amsterdam.
Enterprise Vercel Configuration
Vercel Enterprise features including SAML SSO, audit logs, spend management, and custom domains with DDoS protection. We configure IP allowlisting for preview deployments, set up team-level permissions, and integrate with Terraform via the Vercel provider for GitOps-managed project settings. Deployed enterprise Vercel configurations for Fortune 500 marketing teams in the US and fintech platforms in Frankfurt.
Expertise
How we work with Vercel.
Next.js on Vercel
We optimize Next.js applications specifically for Vercel's infrastructure — ISR with on-demand revalidation via Vercel's cache API, streaming Server Components with Edge Runtime, and Image Optimization tuned for Vercel's CDN. Our engineers understand Vercel-specific behaviors like function bundling, cold start patterns, and the differences between Node.js and Edge runtimes for each route segment.
Vercel Build & CI Configuration
Build command optimization, ignored build step configuration for monorepos, environment variable management across preview/production, and Remote Caching with Turborepo. We configure build-time analytics to identify slow compilation steps, set up Vercel Checks for custom validation, and manage deployment protection rules. Reduced build times by 40–60% for large Next.js applications through caching and selective builds.
Vercel's Data & Storage Products
Vercel KV (Redis) for session storage, Vercel Postgres for lightweight databases, Vercel Blob for file uploads, and Edge Config for low-latency feature flags. We evaluate when Vercel's storage products are the right fit versus external services like Supabase, PlanetScale, or AWS RDS, and architect hybrid setups that balance Vercel-native simplicity with external scalability.
Custom Domains & DNS
Multi-domain configurations with wildcard certificates, redirect rules, and DNS verification for complex enterprise setups. We manage apex domains with CNAME flattening, configure custom 404 and error pages per domain, and implement subdomain-based routing for multi-tenant platforms. Experience with Vercel's integration with Cloudflare, Route 53, and other DNS providers for advanced configurations.
Observability & Debugging
Vercel Logs, Speed Insights, and Web Analytics for production monitoring, plus integration with Sentry, Datadog, and LogDrain for centralized observability. We set up function duration alerts, trace slow API routes, and analyze edge middleware performance. For teams needing deeper APM, we configure OpenTelemetry export from Vercel Functions to external tracing backends.
Why us
Why TBI for Vercel.
Deploying on Day One
Our engineers have shipped hundreds of projects on Vercel across Next.js, SvelteKit, and Astro. They understand Vercel's build system, caching behavior, and edge network internals — no ramp-up time learning how preview deployments, ISR, or function regions work. First deployment improvement ships within the first week.
AI-Augmented Frontend Shipping
Every engineer uses AI-native tools — Cursor, Copilot, and v0 — to accelerate component development, API route implementation, and build configuration. AI-assisted workflows let us prototype features faster and iterate on Vercel-specific optimizations without the manual overhead of traditional development cycles.
US & EU Working Hours Overlap
Our team provides 4–6 hours of overlap with CET and 3–4 hours with US Eastern. For Vercel-based teams, this means PR reviews with live preview deployments happen during shared hours, and deployment configurations are tuned by engineers who understand both US and European performance requirements.
GDPR-Aware Deployment Configuration
We configure Vercel function regions to execute in EU locations (iad1 or cdg1 depending on requirements), set up Vercel Analytics with privacy-friendly settings, and ensure preview deployments don't expose production data. For European clients, we architect Vercel projects to complement EU-hosted backend infrastructure and minimize cross-Atlantic data transfer.
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FAQ
Common questions.
How much does it cost to hire a Vercel platform engineer offshore?
Vercel-focused frontend platform engineers start at $5,000/month for a full-time dedicated role. Senior engineers who specialize in Vercel + Next.js optimization, monorepo deployment architecture, or edge middleware range from $6,000–$9,000/month. This includes full integration with your GitHub, Slack, Linear, and Vercel team. Compared to a US-based senior frontend platform engineer at $160,000–$200,000/year, you're looking at 60–70% savings.
How quickly can a Vercel engineer start on my project?
Most engineers are productive within 2–3 days. Before starting, they review your Vercel project settings, build configuration, deployment history, and Next.js codebase. They'll identify quick wins — caching improvements, build time reductions, function optimization — and ship the first improvement within the first week. For larger platform migrations to Vercel, scoping takes 1–2 weeks depending on the current hosting setup.
Can your engineers optimize my Vercel build times and deployment pipeline?
Yes, this is one of our most common Vercel engagements. We audit your build configuration, identify unnecessary rebuilds in monorepos, configure Turborepo Remote Caching, optimize next.config.js for faster compilation, and set up Ignored Build Steps to skip unchanged packages. We've reduced build times from 8+ minutes to under 2 minutes for large Next.js monorepos by combining selective builds, caching, and parallel compilation.
How do you handle GDPR compliance for Vercel-hosted applications?
We configure Vercel Serverless Functions to execute in EU regions (e.g., cdg1 for Paris), use Vercel Analytics in privacy-friendly mode without cookies, and ensure preview deployments are access-controlled to prevent data leaks. For applications that require full EU data residency, we architect the backend on EU-hosted infrastructure (Supabase in Frankfurt, AWS eu-central-1) while using Vercel's edge network for static assets and server-rendered pages.
What timezone overlap do your engineers have for standups and PR reviews?
Our engineers work from IST (UTC+5:30), providing 4–6 hours of overlap with CET and 3–4 hours with US Eastern. For Vercel-based workflows, this means same-day PR reviews with live preview deployment testing, joint debugging sessions via Vercel Logs, and collaborative edge middleware development during shared hours. Most teams find the overlap sufficient for a full daily sync plus ad-hoc pairing sessions.
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