Private cloud platform replacing VMware on existing hardware
Platform9 competes directly in the VMware replacement market, running Kubernetes and OpenStack on top of on-prem infrastructure. The tech stack (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana) reflects a cloud-native foundation, but the absence of any adopting or replacing signals suggests a stable, mature codebase — consistent with a 2013-founded company serving large enterprises already in production. Hiring acceleration is concentrated in engineering and sales, with leadership-track roles (managers, seniors, leads) filling 9 of 13 open positions, indicating both technical build-out and customer acquisition scaling.
Platform9 builds private cloud management software that allows enterprises to run cloud workloads on their existing hardware, eliminating the need for VMware licensing and architectural lock-in. The product, Private Cloud Director, combines a GUI for virtual machine and container management with integrations for third-party storage and high-availability features. Over 30,000 nodes run Platform9 in production across Fortune 500 and mid-market customers. The company operates from San Jose and is distributed globally across engineering and support functions, with sales and support teams scaling to meet customer onboarding and technical escalation demands.
Kubernetes, OpenStack, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Node.js, Python, Go, plus integrations with VMware, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
San Jose, California. The company hires in the United States and India.
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