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Vultr

Software Engineer

Vultr

Software Engineer developing and improving backend systems for Vultr's cloud infrastructure. Engaging with a mature codebase to deliver quality APIs and maintain system integrity.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $80,000 - $95,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudMySQLPHP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and build reliable, well-documented RESTful APIs consumed by internal teams and external customers at scale
  • Navigate and extend a large, mature PHP monolith… understanding existing patterns, respecting stability, and improving incrementally
  • Identify and address technical debt in a principled way, balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term maintainability
  • Integrate and maintain third-party SDKs and external services, ensuring reliability, error handling, and graceful degradation
  • Write clean, testable code that meets and elevates team coding standards… leaving every surface better than you found it
  • Collaborate closely with engineering peers and leads to review code, share context, and raise the technical bar across the team
  • Debug and resolve production issues across a complex, interconnected system… quickly, thoroughly, and with clear communication
  • Contribute to architectural discussions and help evaluate technical tradeoffs as systems evolve

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3+ years of professional PHP development experience in a production environment
  • Demonstrated experience designing and building RESTful APIs… versioning, authentication, error handling, and documentation
  • Strong MySQL skills - schema design, query optimization, and understanding of indexing and performance at scale
  • Experience working within large, legacy codebases… comfortable reading unfamiliar code and making safe, targeted changes
  • 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
  • Cloud infrastructure exposure is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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

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Hard Skills & Tools
PHPRESTful APIsMySQLschema designquery optimizationSOLID principlestesting strategiescode reviewSDK integrationcloud infrastructure
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcode debuggingtechnical discussioncontext sharingmaintainability focusincremental improvementerror handlingteam coding standards