Senior Manager, Cloud Storage Engineering

The role

You will lead the engineering and operations team responsible for Vultr's cloud storage portfolio. You will oversee the design, deployment, and operation of block, object, and file storage services across all global regions and performance tiers.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of storage engineers and operators across multiple regions
• Own the technical delivery for Vultr's block, object, and file storage products across all performance tiers
• Drive architecture decisions for multi-tenant, multi-tier storage platforms serving diverse workload profiles
• Ensure five-nines availability, durability, and performance SLAs across the global storage fleet
• Integrate and operationalize third-party storage solutions as needed
• Optimize storage systems for AI and HPC workloads requiring extreme throughput and low latency
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and customer success teams to define storage offerings and SLAs
• Manage capacity planning, cost optimization, and vendor relationships across the storage stack

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in storage engineering
• 3+ years in engineering management
• Deep expertise with Ceph and distributed storage architectures in production environments
• Experience building and operating multi-tenant cloud storage services at scale
• Strong understanding of block, object, and file storage protocols and performance characteristics
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• Experience with third-party enterprise storage platforms (DDN, VAST, Weka, NetApp)
• Knowledge of high-performance storage optimization techniques for AI and HPC workloads

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 for remote office setup
• Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
• Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
• Company paid Wellable subscription

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.