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Vultr

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2014

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

🔧 Hardware

💰 $329M Debt Financing - Vultr on 2025-06

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Hardware

Vultr is a global cloud infrastructure provider offering on-demand virtual machines, bare-metal servers, GPU-accelerated instances, managed databases, object and block storage, Kubernetes, and networking services. The platform emphasizes AI and HPC workloads with a broad selection of AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, fast networking, and 32+ data center regions, plus a marketplace of deployable apps and developer-friendly APIs. Vultr targets developers and businesses seeking affordable, scalable, and compliant cloud compute and storage alternatives to hyperscalers.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain OS images for Vultr's Cloud Compute and Bare Metal platforms, including Windows, Linux, and BSD distributions • Convert images using legacy boot up configuration scripts to use cloud-init for consistent provisioning across all operating systems • Expand Vultr's OS catalog by adding new distributions requested by the community • Manage the full lifecycle of marketplace applications - from onboarding new apps to updating and maintaining existing ones • Develop and maintain automation tooling for image creation, testing, and deployment using Ansible, Packer, and custom scripts • Collaborate with the Provisioning, Bare Metal, and GPU teams to ensure image compatibility across all hardware platforms • Debug and resolve image-related issues reported by customers and internal teams, providing root cause analysis and permanent fixes • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for image builds, ensuring consistent quality and rapid iteration • Monitor and optimize image boot times, package freshness, and security patch compliance across the entire OS catalog • Provide assistance with managing automatic installation templates used for deploying infrastructure servers • Bring fresh perspectives to long-running initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps with a focus on OS imaging and automation • Deep familiarity with Linux distribution internals - automated installation of Debian, RHEL/Fedora/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky, Ubuntu, and Arch-based systems • Experience with BSD operating systems (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD) and their installation frameworks • Hands-on experience with cloud-init provisioning agent • Proficiency in scripting languages: BASH, Python 3, and familiarity with PHP • Strong experience writing, debugging, and optimizing Ansible playbooks for image automation • Experience with image building tools such as Packer, Kiwi, or LiveBuild • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git) for image build automation • Understanding of virtualization technologies (KVM/QEMU) and bare metal provisioning (iPXE, PXE boot) • Strong debugging skills - comfortable reading system logs, analyzing boot failures, and tracing provisioning issues • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across remote, cross-functional teams

🏖️ 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