Remote Senior Software Engineer, Network Products @ 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

The Engineering team is a central pillar of our growth strategy, and we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Network Products to help drive our long-term networking product strategy for our cloud-based offerings.

You’ll have ownership over some of our consumer network products and help evolve our network product infrastructure. Our team’s mission is to provide a fast, performant, and stable virtualization experience for our customers, and we believe that open source solutions can help democratize the cloud.

What to expect:

  • Developing and maintaining consumer network products
  • Work directly with our Provisioning subteam within Customer Platform to build out new virtualization products and harden existing ones
  • Work with our Site Reliability Engineers within the Internal Platform Team to improve network product observability within the control plane

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience with PHP or Python
  • Strong Linux Networking experience and Virtualize Networking, e.g. packets, iptables, nftables, ebtables, nfv, etc.
  • Strong knowledge of IPv4/IPv6 networking concepts
  • Basic understanding of Linux routing-stack tools, e.g. FRR or Quagga
  • A strong belief in documentation as a core aspect of engineering
  • Experience with test-driven development is highly preferred
  • Experience with Windows networking is a plus
  • Experience with creating data collection or automation tooling for the network layer is a plus

Compensation

$120,000 – $135,000

This salary can vary based on location, years of experience, background and skill set.

Vultr is committed to an inclusive workforce where diversity is celebrated and supported. All employment decisions at Vultr are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.

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