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title: 'Senior Platform Engineer at Vultr'
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# Senior Platform Engineer at Vultr

- **Company:** Vultr
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vultr/215bd046-ace9-406b-baf7-5eb6c035bd8c

## Job description

## Who We Are

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. With 33 global cloud data center locations, Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. In December 2024 Vultr announced an equity financing at a $3.5 billion valuation. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.

Vultr Cares

- 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
- Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
- 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
- Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1
- month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
- $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company paid Wellable subscription

Join Vultr Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Platform Engineer to own and evolve our critical DNS infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a seasoned infrastructure engineer with deep DNS expertise, strong Linux and networking fundamentals, and the ability to own and modernize complex internal services end-to-end. This is a highly visible role in a high-growth technology company, which will require hands-on technical ownership of production DNS systems, collaboration across engineering teams, and the ability to drive the future direction of internal platform services including API development in PHP , Go, or Rust. This is your opportunity to join our fast growing team and leave your mark on Vultr and the future of Cloud Infrastructure. Maintain and evolve the PHP-based DNS API, contributing to its long-term direction

## Key Responsibilities

- Own and operate Vultr's DNS infrastructure at scale, including recursive DNS (Knot
- Resolver), reverse DNS, authoritative DNS, and integrations with PowerDNS instances.
- including potential modernization in Go or Rust.
- Diagnose and resolve complex DNS and network incidents, serving as a subject matter
- expert across the organization.
- Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices across platform services,
- reducing toil and improving reliability.
- Collaborate with network and infrastructure teams on adjacent systems including BGP
- route reflectors and broader platform tooling.
- Contribute to observability and operational excellence by leveraging the team's
- monitoring stack (Grafana, Loki, Mimir) to improve visibility into DNS and platform
- service health.

## Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or systems engineering in a production environment.
- Deep hands-on experience with DNS at scale — including recursive and authoritative
- DNS, DNSSEC, zone management, and troubleshooting complex resolution failures.
- Strong Linux systems engineering fundamentals including networking, service
- management, and operational ownership of production services.
- Experience building or maintaining APIs or automation layers, with proficiency in PHP
- and/or Go or Rust.
- Demonstrated experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management
- tooling (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).

## Compensation

$125,000 - $135,000 Final compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws. Inclusion & Privacy We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. Vultr will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable laws and will not conduct a background check until after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted. We also take your privacy seriously. We handle personal information responsibly and follow applicable laws, including U.S. privacy rules and India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Your data is used only for legitimate business purposes and is protected with proper security measures. Where allowed by law, applicants may request details about the data we collect, access or delete their information, withdraw consent for its use, and opt out of nonessential communications. For more details, please see our [Privacy Policy](https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/).

## About Vultr

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Vultr provides a global cloud infrastructure platform that simplifies the deployment of high-performance compute, storage, and bare metal solutions for developers and enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (operates under The Constant Company, LLC)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS / PaaS)
- **Target Customers**: Developers, SMBs, enterprise IT teams, AI innovators – serving customers in over 185 countries
- **Mission**: To empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via an advanced, globally distributed cloud platform

## Products & Services
- **Cloud Compute**: Virtual machines (SSD VPS) with hourly billing, available in 32 global data center regions. Supports Linux, Windows, and BSD.
- **Optimized Cloud Compute**: Configurations with AMD EPYC CPUs for compute-intensive workloads.
- **Bare Metal**: Single-tenant dedicated servers, accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs and high-performance AMD/Intel CPUs.
- **Kubernetes Engine (VKE)**: Fully managed Kubernetes service for container orchestration.
- **Block & Object Storage**: Scalable, high-performance storage solutions.
- **Managed Databases**: Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, and Valkey (Redis-compatible).
- **Vultr Marketplace**: One-click apps and partner integrations.
- **Vultr Agent**: AI-powered assistant and composable infrastructure tool.
- **Additional Services**: 1-Click Apps, ISO mounting, private networking, DDoS protection, and global load balancing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $3.5 billion (as of 2024-12, per financing round from LuminArx and AMD Ventures) [vultr.com](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $145.5 million; total funding of $662 million (equity + debt) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LuminArx Capital, AMD Ventures, Verizon, Dell Technologies. Debt financing of $329 million from six investors in June 2025. [vultr.com](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 1.5 million+ customers served, 80 million instances deployed
  - 32 data center regions worldwide with continued expansion (e.g., Chicago, Tel Aviv, Warsaw)
  - Headcount grew 48.7% YoY to 243 employees (as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
  - Active job postings up 364% YoY (65 roles open) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
  - Won Dell Technologies Global Alliances AI Provider of the Year, Americas award
  - 2024 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing (cloud disruptor category)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Footprint**: 32 data center regions across six continents, enabling low-latency local deployments.
- **No-Lock-in Pricing**: Hourly billing with no long-term contracts; full root/admin access on all instances.
- **Broad Compliance Portfolio**: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, CSA STAR, ISO/IEC 27001/27017/27018/20000-1.
- **Ecosystem & Partnerships**: Vultr Cloud Alliance with Dell, AMD, Verizon, and others.
- **Developer Experience**: Powerful API v2, Terraform integration, one-click apps, and AI assistant.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & GPU Infrastructure**: Expanding Cloud GPU offerings for AI/ML workloads.
- **Kubernetes & Containerization**: Continued investment in Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE).
- **Regional Expansion**: Opening new data centers in underserved markets (e.g., Africa, Latin America).
- **Developer Experience**: Enhancing API, marketplace, and composable cloud tooling.
- **Enterprise Sales**: Growing channel partnerships and direct enterprise engagement.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Most roles are fully remote; headquarters in West Palm Beach, FL with local team collaboration. [vultr.com/careers](https://www.vultr.com/company/careers/)
- **Benefits**:
  - 100% employer-paid health insurance
  - 401(k) with up to 4% matching (immediate vesting)
  - Generous PTO with rollover, 11 holidays, birthday off, 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years
  - 8 weeks paid parental leave
  - Up to $2,500/year continuing education + free Udemy Business access
  - Monthly internet and fitness reimbursement
  - Home office setup allowance
- **Culture & Growth**: Emphasis on passion, collaboration, and education. Regular virtual events, quarterly team lunches, spot bonuses, and the “High Flying Vultr” award.
- **Engineering Focus**: 31% of workforce in technical roles; opportunities to work on global-scale cloud infrastructure. Active hiring for software engineers, SREs, and data center technicians.

## Sources
1. [vultr.com – About Us](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
2. [vultr.com – Careers](https://www.vultr.com/company/careers/)
3. [vultr.com – Homepage](https://www.vultr.com/)
4. [linkedin.com – Vultr Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Vultr Open Positions](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vultr)

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