Senior GPU Engineer
Vultr is an active independent cloud-infrastructure company providing global compute, GPU, bare-metal, storage, Kubernetes, and serverless AI inference services.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
About Vultr
Vultr provides globally available cloud infrastructure for developers, enterprises, and AI innovators, including Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, Cloud Storage, managed Kubernetes, and serverless inference.
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About the Role
You will lead GPU platform qualification and cluster validation, resolve system-performance bottlenecks, improve provisioning automation and reliability, set validation standards, mentor engineers, and lead cross-functional infrastructure initiatives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of GPU infrastructure, HPC, or distributed-systems experience
- Linux systems and server hardware expertise
- Experience with large-scale GPU clusters
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience with Ansible or similar automation frameworks
- Experience defining validation standards and performance baselines
- Debugging skills across hardware, operating-system, and network layers
- Familiarity with high-speed networking concepts
- Communication and cross-team collaboration skills
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end validation of GPU clusters and new hardware platforms
- Lead hardware qualification and bring-up for new GPU platforms
- Analyze and resolve bottlenecks across GPU, CPU, PCIe, and network layers
- Establish validation frameworks, test suites, and performance baselines
- Develop automation frameworks for cluster provisioning and validation
- Define validation methodologies for GPU infrastructure
- Troubleshoot distributed-system issues, including communication libraries such as NCCL
- Improve reliability through proactive testing and tuning
- Mentor engineers
- Drive cross-functional initiatives to improve GPU cluster reliability and efficiency
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums
- 401(k) matching up to 4% with immediate vesting
- 11 holidays, paid time off accrual, and PTO rollover
- Increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries
- One-month paid sabbatical every five years
- Annual anniversary bonus
- Remote office setup stipend
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company-paid Wellable subscription