# Senior Platform Engineer at Vultr

- Company: Vultr
- Company website: https://www.vultr.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote - United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $125K to $135K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vultr/215bd046-ace9-406b-baf7-5eb6c035bd8c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vultr-senior-platform-engineer/

## About the role

Own and operate Vultr's DNS infrastructure at scale, including recursive DNS (Knot Resolver), reverse DNS, authoritative DNS, and integrations with PowerDNS instances.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering