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With 33 global cloud data center locations, Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. In December 2024 Vultr announced an equity financing at a $3.5 billion valuation. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.\nVultr Cares\n100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.\n\n401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting\n\nProfessional Collaborate with internal and external teams to support the resourcing and deployment of new featuresment Reimbursement of $2,500 each year\n\n11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan\n\nCommitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year\n\n$500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year\n\nInternet reimbursement up to $75 per month\n\nGym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month\n\nCompany paid Wellable subscription\n\nJoin Vultr\nVultr is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to develop and enhance our cloud-based storage products. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience with storage systems, and a passion for building reliable, scalable platforms. This is an opportunity to join our Storage team and contribute to the control plane and orchestration code that powers Vultr’s Object, Block, and File storage offerings across 30+ data centers globally.\nKey Responsibilities\nCollaborate with Engineering teams to research and develop new features, respond to technical debt, and improve application performance\n\nDesign, develop, and maintain storage-related contributions to our control plane written in PHP, and integrate orchestration code in Python to manage and automate cloud storage operations\n\nContribute to the open-source Ceph project, ensuring its reliability, performance, and features meet our customers’ goals\n\nDesign and contribute to cloud provider solutions for high-performance computing, AI training, and inference workloads, focusing on Object, Block, and File storage solutions\n\nCollaborate with internal and external teams to support the resourcing and deployment of new features\n\nOptimize and refactor existing codebases for performance and maintainability\n\nQualifications\n3+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on storage or distributed systems\n\nProficiency in PHP and Python with experience developing control plane and orchestration code\n\nUnderstanding of cloud storage architectures and technologies\n\nSolid knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems\n\nExperience with distributed systems and networking fundamentals\n\nFamiliarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes\n\nProblem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment\n\nCommunication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders\n\nOur Ideal Candidate\nExperience contributing to or maintaining large open-source projects, preferably Ceph\n\nA strong belief in documentation as a core aspect of engineering\n\nExperience with Linux and/or BSD\n\nExperience with configuration management solutions like Puppet and Ansible\n\nExperience with Ceph deployment, configuration, and optimization\n\nExperience with Test Driven Development\n\nKnowledge of other programming languages such as Go or Lua\n\nFamiliarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines\n\nExperience in developing and maintaining RESTful APIs\n\nCompensation\n$80,000 - $105,000\nFinal compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws.\n[We are currently accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin.]\nInclusion & Privacy\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. Vultr will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable laws and will not conduct a background check until after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted.\nWe also take your privacy seriously. We handle personal information responsibly and follow applicable laws, including U.S. privacy rules and India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Your data is used only for legitimate business purposes and is protected with proper security measures.\nWhere allowed by law, applicants may request details about the data we collect, access or delete their information, withdraw consent for its use, and opt out of nonessential communications. 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