Vultr

Platform Engineer - Cloud Native

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1 month ago
Remote, United StatesSenior

Base Salary

$90k - $100k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain production-grade automation using Ansible, Terraform, and Go.
  • Develop and enhance core services behind VKE, VLB, VCR, and Inference.
  • Work deeply with Kubernetes internals, including the scheduler, kubelet, controllers, and CRDs.
  • Design, implement, and improve container runtime integrations using containerd, runc, and OCI.
  • Architect CI/CD improvements and deployment pipelines for large-scale systems.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues involving networking, load balancing, containers, and distributed systems.
  • Harden platform infrastructure through vulnerability scanning, container image signing, admission controllers, and secrets management.
  • Contribute to Vultr’s open-source ecosystem, including the Terraform provider, Crossplane, vultr-cli, and govultr.
  • Improve reliability, observability, and operability of cloud-native services.
  • Collaborate with product, platform, and infrastructure teams on feature delivery.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and internals, including the scheduler, kubelet, and CRDs.
  • Proficiency in Go and scripting languages including Python and Bash.
  • Deep knowledge of container security, including image scanning, runtime isolation, and admission control.
  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipeline design.
  • Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, alerting, and incident response practices.
  • Strong problem-solving ability across networking, load balancing, and distributed systems.

Benefits

  • Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
  • 401(k) plan with 100% matching up to 4% and immediate vesting.
  • $2,500 annual professional development reimbursement.
  • 11 holidays plus paid time off accrual and rollover.
  • Increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries, a one-month paid sabbatical every five years, and an annual anniversary bonus.
  • $500 first-year remote office setup stipend and $400 each following year.
  • Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month.
  • Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month.
  • Company-paid Wellable subscription.

Tech Stack

AnsibleBashGoGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraformVultr

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