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
Our Solutions Engineering team at Vultr is looking for a Solutions Engineer who will play a significant role in growing the business via presales engagement of target accounts and within specific opportunities. The ideal candidate is collegial, collaborative, and excited to lead customer engagements as a Technical Subject Matter Expert. They will help grow Vultr’s capabilities by assembling Technical Resources such as Reference Architectures and White Papers. They will also present the Voice of the Customer for new feature requests and bug fixes to Product Management and Engineering. Our team’s mission is to extend Vultr’s lead as the premier Cloud Infrastructure Provider and we believe that delivering compelling alternatives to Hyperscalers enable our customers’ growth and success. This is your opportunity to join this team key to the growth of Vultr.
What you will take on:
- Engage collaboratively with customers to understand their challenges.
- Create innovative Solutions and Architectures to solve complex Customer use cases.
- Establish relationships within Customers independent of Account Executives.
- Educate customers on the value that Vultr provides and expand their horizons about the art of the possible.
- Participate in deep architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions at Vultr.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to deliver Voice of the Customer to guide continued future customer success.
- Partner with Marketing to create reference architectures, white papers, workshops, and demonstrations for internal and external uses.
- Travel 15-25%
Our ideal candidate:
- Highly motivated / self-starter with a sense of ownership, willingness to learn, and desire to succeed
- A collegial and collaborative approach working across Departments and Seniority levels within Vultr’s Customers and Vultr.
- Skilled at influencing, guiding, and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making
- Ability to articulate technical and business concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to dig into unfamiliar territories to solve complex problems.
- Subject Matter Expertise in Cloud IaaS including but not limited to Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, and Bare Metal Servers.
- System level understanding of x86 server hardware architecture and Linux OS.
- Demonstrated experience with Compute Orchestration technologies including Kubernetes, Terraform, VMWare, Rancher, etc.
- Comprehend global internetworking and local networking infrastructure and concepts including OSI Model, Dynamic and Static IP Routing, BGP, VLANs/VXLANs, Peering, Network as a Service Providers.
- Storage experience, knowledge of performant multi-user offerings including Open Source and COTS options.
- 4+ years of Solution Engineering - Sales Engineering experience
- 6+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructure experience
Compensation
Base $120-135k / OTE $160k - $180k
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What We Do
Vultr is an ultra-reliable cloud platform that is within close proximity to the world’s developers. We’ve perfected the art and science of cloud infrastructure with our wide array of cloud, bare metal, and storage products, building one of the largest independent cloud computing providers in the process. From the team that created Choopa.com and GameServers.com, Vultr tackles complex hosting situations and delivers industry-leading performance and reliability while building out one of the largest, most available worldwide networks. Now take advantage of the Vultr Marketplace, allowing 1-click installations of popular apps, games, and operating systems, and the Vultr Kubernetes Engine, providing automated management of Kubernetes clusters so you can operate with confidence and easily scale.
