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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** The Constant Company, LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $75,000.0 - $95,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Application Layers, Systems Engineering, LAMP (Software Bundle), Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Booting (BIOS), Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing, System Configuration, Software Debugging, Linux, Firmware, Ansible, Server Administration, Service Development Studio, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Build Management, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bare Metal, Puppet
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/platform-engineer-bare-metal-vultr-com-8728315

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure automation
 * Hands-on experience with bare metal server provisioning, including IPMI/BMC, PXE boot, and firmware management
 * Strong Linux systems engineering skills, deep understanding of the boot process, initramfs, kernel command line, and device configuration
 * Proficiency in PHP for backend service development in a LAMP environment
 * Nice to have proficiency in Rust
 * Experience using Redfish (or similar tools)
 * Experience building or maintaining instance metadata services or cloud-init integrations
 * Familiarity with automated configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, or equivalent)
 * Ability to debug hardware and software issues across the full stack, from BMC firmware to application layer, and strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration in a remote environment

## Description

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Platform Engineer, Bare Metal to build and automate the infrastructure that powers Vultr's bare metal cloud platform. The ideal candidate is a systems-minded engineer who lives at the intersection of hardware and software. Someone who can write a PHP service, debug an IPMI timeout, and automate a firmware update across 10,000 servers. You'll design and implement systems that accelerate bare metal provisioning, automate firmware management, and integrate hardware lifecycle operations into a seamless deployment pipeline. This is a high-impact role where you'll collaborate closely with the Provisioning and Orchestration teams to deliver on ambitious goals like sub-60-second bare metal deployments and VPC-only integration for bare metal. This is your opportunity to join our fast growing team and leave your mark on Vultr and the future of Cloud Infrastructure., * Design and build the next-generation bare metal deployment pipeline to achieve sub-60-second provisioning times

 * Develop and maintain Vultr's bare metal automation and management toolkit
 * Implement automated firmware update workflows across the bare metal fleet using IPMI/BMC protocols
 * Build and optimize kexec-based fast boot and provisioning flows to minimize deployment latency
 * Integrate cloud-init and instance metadata service for bare metal, enabling consistent configuration across VM and BM products
 * Develop Puppet and Ansible modules for bare metal server configuration and lifecycle management
 * Architect and implement VPC networking for bare metal instances, including network attach and routing automation
 * Collaborate with the Provisioning and Orchestration teams to unify OS image pipelines and ensure bare metal integrates cleanly with Vultr's reservation and assignment systems


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