Vultr

Cloud Infrastructure

SOFTWAREENGINEER

$80–95k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“SOFTWARE ENGINEER at Vultr. Skills: PHP development, RESTful API design and building, MySQL, Working with large, legacy codebases. Build, improve, and evolve the backend systems. Design and build reliable, well-documented RESTful APIs”

What You'll Achieve.

Balance feature delivery with long-term technical health; Ensure reliability, error handling, and graceful degradation of integrated services

Industry & Context.

Cloud Infrastructure
Problems you'll solve

Identify and address technical debt; Debug and resolve production issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of professional PHP development experience in a production environment, Demonstrated experience designing and building RESTful APIs, MySQL skills, Experience working within large, legacy codebases, Familiarity with third-party SDK integration patterns and handling upstream service failures gracefully, Understanding of SOLID software engineering principles, testing strategies, and code review practices, Experience with Git-based workflows and collaborative development in a team environment

Nice to Have

Cloud infrastructure exposure is a plus

What You'll Do.

and evolve the backend systems

Design and build reliable

well-documented RESTful APIs

Navigate and extend a large

Identify and address technical debt

Integrate and maintain third-party SDKs and external services

Debug and resolve production issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with engineering peers and leads; Review code; Share context; Raise the technical bar across the team

Communication Scope

Clear communication

Full Job Description

WHO WE ARE Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. With 32 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. Vultr Cares - 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 - Commitment matters to Vultr! 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 - Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month - Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month - Company paid Wellable subscription Join Vultr Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Engineer to build, improve, and evolve the backend systems that power one of the world's leading cloud infrastructure platforms. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic, quality-minded PHP engineer who thrives in complex codebases, takes ownership of real problems, and cares about leaving things better than they found them. This is a highly visible role in a high-growth technology company, which will require strong API design instincts, comfort navigating a mature monolithic architecture, and the discipline to balance feature delivery with long-term technical health. Real systems, real scale, real impact — this is your opportunity to contribute

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