Join VultrVultr 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 to the infrastructure that developers and businesses around the world depend on every day.
Key Responsibilities- 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
Qualifications- 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
Compensation$80,000 - $95,000
Final compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws
