Staff Platform Engineer

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Vultr

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

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

• Define and drive Vultr’s platform automation philosophy, establishing standards for infrastructure automation, developer tooling, and self-service capabilities • Design and evolve platform architecture, setting patterns for integration, extensibility, abstraction layers, and long-term maintainability • Architect and deliver self-service solutions that enable engineering teams to move faster with less operational overhead • Solve organization-wide platform challenges with systems thinking and architectural rigor • Anticipate scaling, reliability, and usability needs before they become incidents, designing forward-looking solutions • Drive platform adoption through documentation, training, and cross-team communication • Partner with product, infrastructure, and application teams to align platform capabilities with business objectives and engineering needs

🎯 Requirements

• Expert-level experience in PHP, plus strong proficiency in Go or Python • Deep Linux systems experience, including administration, automation, and infrastructure management at scale • Proven track record architecting and operating self-service platform solutions for engineering teams • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines • Leadership experience influencing and mentoring engineers — shaping technical direction and culture without direct authority • Must be located in the United States • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States • Must not require sponsorship for employment visa status

🏖️ 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 • 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