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 32 cloud data center locations around the world, 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. 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- Excellent Medical Benefits w/ 100% company-paid premiums for employee only plan + 100% company-paid dental & vision premiums
- 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 + take your birthday off
- Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year & 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
- $500 first year remote office setup + $400 each following year for new equipment
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company-paid Wellable subscription
Join Vultr
Our Engineering team at Vultr is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Core Cloud Engineering to report to the Senior Manager, Core Cloud Engineering. This role demands a deep understanding of low-level systems programming, networking protocols, and hypervisor technologies. The ideal candidate will excel in working with compiled languages like Rust, C, and Go, with occasional work in PHP for system integration. This is a hands-on engineering position with an emphasis on performance optimization, automation, and systems-level problem-solving, contributing to one of the most popular cloud platforms serving 1.5 million users.
What to expect:
- Hypervisor API Integration: Design, implement, and maintain low-level integrations with hypervisor technologies like libvirt, QEMU, and KVM to enhance platform capabilities.
- Networking Automation: Develop and maintain automation around Open vSwitch (OVS), BGP routing, and other networking components to streamline datacenter operations.
- Performance Tuning: Analyze and optimize hypervisor performance across I/O, networking, and storage subsystems to meet scalability and efficiency goals.
- Systems Development: Write efficient and maintainable code in Rust, C, and Go for high-performance services, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
- Infrastructure Automation: Build and enhance tooling for automated hypervisor provisioning, monitoring, and management.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other engineering teams to align development efforts with reliability, scalability, and business objectives.
- Documentation: Produce high-quality technical documentation for APIs, systems, and processes to support team collaboration and scalability.
- Mentorship: Share knowledge with team members, helping to grow expertise in low-level systems and performance engineering.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Proficiency in compiled languages like Rust (preferred), C, and Go, with experience in PHP for integration tasks.
- Strong experience with hypervisor technologies such as libvirt, QEMU, and KVM.
- In-depth knowledge of networking protocols and tools, particularly BGP, Open vSwitch (OVS), and related automation frameworks.
- Advanced skills in performance profiling, tuning, and optimization across I/O, network, and storage layers.
- Familiarity with database systems and concepts, with a preference for MySQL.
- Expertise in Linux systems administration and low-level troubleshooting.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like Gitlab.
- Strong knowledge of configuration management tools like Puppet.
- Proficiency with observability tools such as Grafana, Sentry, and SumoLogic for monitoring and debugging complex systems.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to address complex, low-level technical challenges.
- Effective communication and collaboration abilities to work cross-functionally with teams and stakeholders.
- A commitment to continuous learning and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Compensation
$130,000 - $140,000
This salary can vary based on location, years of experience, background and skill set.
Vultr is committed to an inclusive workforce where diversity is celebrated and supported. All employment decisions at Vultr are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.
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Workforce members have the right under US state law where and when applicable and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to: fair and equal treatment, knowing what personal data we gather and retain, for what purpose, and the ability to access and/or delete such data. You also have the right to opt out of communications from Vultr and approved third- parties at any time.
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