Senior Platform Engineer

📋 Job Overview

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.

🏢 About Vultr

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.

🎯 The Role

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.

✅ 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.
• Maintain and evolve the PHP-based DNS API, contributing to its long-term direction 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.

📌 Required 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).

🎁 Benefits

• 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

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

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.