Senior Platform Engineer

The role

The Senior Platform Engineer will own and evolve critical DNS infrastructure. This role involves maintaining a PHP-based DNS API and driving automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.

What you will do

• Own and operate Vultr's DNS infrastructure at scale
• Maintain and evolve the PHP-based DNS API
• Diagnose and resolve complex DNS and network incidents
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Collaborate with network and infrastructure teams on adjacent systems
• Contribute to observability and operational excellence using Grafana, Loki, and Mimir

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
• 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

Before you apply

• Vultr will not conduct a background check until after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted

About the company

Vultr is a cloud infrastructure company with 33 global cloud data center locations. It provides Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions.