Senior Platform Engineer

Vultr

1d • $125,000 - $135,000

About The Position

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Platform Engineer to own and evolve its critical DNS infrastructure. This hands-on, highly visible role involves technical ownership of production DNS systems, collaboration across engineering teams, and helping shape the future of internal platform services, including API development in PHP, Go, or Rust. The engineer will maintain and evolve Vultr’s PHP-based DNS API and contribute to its long-term direction, including potential modernization in Go or Rust.

Requirements

• At least 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 such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate Vultr’s DNS infrastructure at scale, including recursive DNS (Knot Resolver), reverse DNS, authoritative DNS, and integrations with PowerDNS instances.
• Maintain and evolve the PHP-based DNS API, contributing to its long-term direction and potential modernization in Go or Rust.
• Diagnose and resolve complex DNS and network incidents, serving as a subject matter expert across the organization.
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices across platform services to reduce toil and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with network and infrastructure teams on adjacent systems, including BGP route reflectors and broader platform tooling.
• Use the team's monitoring stack—Grafana, Loki, and Mimir—to improve visibility into DNS and platform service health and contribute to operational excellence.

Benefits

• Company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
• 401(k) plan with 100% matching up to 4%, with immediate vesting.
• Professional development reimbursement of $2,500 each year.
• 11 holidays, paid time off accrual, and a rollover plan.
• Increased PTO at 3-year and 10-year anniversaries, a one-month paid sabbatical every 5 years, and an annual anniversary bonus.
• Remote office setup stipend of $500 in the first year and $400 each following year.
• Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month.
• Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month.
• Company-paid Wellable subscription.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed