Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vultr provides high-performance cloud infrastructure and is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to build and drive internal platform automation capabilities. The role will design platform architecture, deliver self-service solutions, solve organization-wide platform challenges, and partner with engineering teams to improve speed, reliability, and usability.
Responsibilities
- 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 — design forward-looking solutions, not reactive patches
- Drive platform adoption through documentation, training, and cross-team communication
- Partner with product, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure platform capabilities align with business objectives and engineering needs
Skills
- • 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
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
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