Vultr · 3 weeks ago
Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Networking
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expVultr 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. The Principal Engineer, Cloud Networking will architect and lead the evolution of Vultr’s global cloud networking platform, driving the design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure network services.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureCloud StorageWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Lead technical design for next-gen cloud networking: VPC, security groups, gateways, routing domains
Align networking roadmap with product and infrastructure teams
Drive implementation of control/data plane features and network orchestration
Manage services like BGP peering, tenant isolation, and network policy enforcement
Prototype and validate new capabilities at scale
Support production systems and incident response
Extend Vultr’s control plane to integrate networking features
Qualification
Required
5+ years in infrastructure, network engineering, or hosting environments
Experience with virtual networking (public/private cloud), SDN, VXLAN/EVPN
Strong knowledge of BGP, L2/L3 routing, Linux and Kubernetes networking
Network automation and observability experience
Proficiency in Go or Rust; familiarity with PHP and SQL a plus
Clear communication across engineering and leadership
Preferred
High-performance networking hardware (Trident4, DPUs, etc.)
Legacy system modernization
Network security or multi-tenant firewall experience
Cloud provider or hyperscaler background
Benefits
Excellent Medical Benefits w/ 100% company paid premiums for employee only plan + 100% company paid dental & vision premiums
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
Increased PTO at 3 year & 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
$500 first year remote office setup + $400 each following year for new equipment
Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
Company paid Wellable subscription
Company
Vultr
Vultr is an AI cloud infrastructure platform offering latest generation NVIDIA GPUs and AMD CPUs and GPUs across 32 worldwide regions
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$662M2025-06-23Debt Financing· $329M
2024-12-18Private Equity· $333M
2014-02-20Angel
Leadership Team
Mike Marinescu
Chief Technology Officer
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