Remote Senior Software Developer, Storage @ Vultr

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud computing easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for businesses and developers around the world.  With 32 cloud data center locations around the world, Vultr has served over 1.5 million customers across 185 countries with flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. Founded by David Aninowsky and completely bootstrapped, Vultr has become the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company without ever raising equity financing.

Why Vultr

Simply put, Vultr is committed to providing businesses worldwide with the best price-to-performance of any cloud computing platform. Our global reach of data centers and strategic new partnerships provide the foundation to maximize the impact of our existing services, new product improvements, and releases, which in turn, is a catalyst for your own success. Vultr is taking flight, and this is your opportunity to leave your mark on the future of Cloud Infrastructure!

Vultr Cares

• A 100% remote work environment + a company-wide virtual get together
• 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 + take off your birthday!
• Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year anniversary + 1 month sabbatical at 5 year anniversary + Anniversary Bonus each year
• $500 first year remote office setup + $400 each year following for new equipment
• Monthly internet reimbursement up to $75
• $50 per month for a gym membership

Join Vultr

Join our dynamic Storage team at Vultr, where you will collaborate with savvy infrastructure engineers, system administrators, developers, and product innovators. Reporting to the Technical Product Manager, Cloud Storage, you’ll tackle complex challenges, steer software solutions, and champion best practice principles across our bustling organization. Our mission? To deliver a solid, dependable, and performant storage platform that powers our virtual and bare metal server platforms across 30+ data centers globally.

What to Expect

Collaborative Innovation: Work directly with Engineering teams to research and develop new features, respond to technical debt, and improve application performance.

• Cutting-Edge Solutions: Design and contribute to state-of-the-art cloud provider solutions for high-performance computing, AI training, and inference workloads, focusing on Object, Block, and File storage solutions.
• Technical Challenges: Identify and implement scalable solutions to address technical challenges within our stack, setting new benchmarks for innovation.
• Code Development: Design, 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.
• Open-Source Contribution: Contribute to the open-source Ceph project, ensuring its reliability, performance, and features help us meet our customers’ goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with internal and external teams to support the resourcing and deployment of new features.
• Code Optimization: Optimize and refactor existing codebases for performance and maintainability.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our storage solutions.
• Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on storage systems.
• Proficiency in PHP and Python with substantial experience in developing control plane and orchestration code.
• Deep understanding of cloud storage architectures and technologies.
• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Experience with distributed systems and networking.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong experience in C++ with a history of contributing to or maintaining large open-source projects, preferably Ceph.
• A strong belief in documentation as a core aspect of engineering.
• Strong experience in Linux and/or BSD; experience with Windows is a plus.
• Experience with configuration management solutions like Puppet and Ansible is a plus.
• Experience with Ceph deployment, configuration, and optimization.
• Experience with Test Driven Development is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of other programming languages such as Go or Lua.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in developing and maintaining RESTful APIs.

Are you ready to make a measurable impact at Vultr while enjoying every step of the journey? We’re excited to see your application—let’s build something remarkable together!

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