Staff Software Engineer, Foundations (Managed AI) at Crusoe

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About the Role: As a Staff Software Engineer in our Foundations department, you will be a technical pillar for the Managed AI initiative. You will tackle the most complex, mission-critical challenges involved in building a world-class AI orchestration platform. This is a high-leverage role where your architectural decisions will impact the productivity of every engineer at Crusoe and the performance of our global AI infrastructure. You will spend your time navigating deep technical ambiguity, mentoring senior engineers, and ensuring our foundational systems are scalable, secure, and resilient. What You'll Be Working On: - Technical Strategy & Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable systems that underpin our Managed AI offerings. - System Ownership: Drive the long-term technical roadmap for the Foundations team, ensuring our infrastructure can support rapid growth and evolving AI workloads. - Cross-Functional Influence: Work across Cloud Engineering to align technical goals, solve complex integration hurdles, and ensure high engineering standards across the organization. - Code & Mentorship: Lead by example through high-quality code contributions, thorough design reviews, and by mentoring Senior and Staff-level peers. - Operational Excellence: Champion reliability, observability, and performance. You will be responsible for identifying and resolving systemic bottlenecks before they become outages. - Innovation: Stay at the forefront of AI infrastructure trends to ensure Crusoe is utilizing the most efficient and powerful tools available. What You'll Bring to the Team: - Experience: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a Staff-level or equivalent technical leadership role. - System Design Mastery: A proven track record of designing, building, and scaling distributed systems in a cloud environment (GCP, AWS, or Azure). - Technical Proficiency: Expert-level skills in languages such as Go, Python, or Rust, and deep experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes). - Infrastructure Background: Strong understanding of networking, storage, and compute fundamentals, specifically as they relate to GPU-accelerated workloads or AI training/inference. - Problem Solving: The ability to take a vague business goal and decompose it into a multi-quarter technical execution plan. - Soft Skills: Exceptional communication skills and the "social capital" to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority. Bonus Points - Direct experience with Managed AI services (Vertex AI, SageMaker, etc.) or LLM orchestration frameworks. - Deep knowledge of low-level systems programming or high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA). - Contributions to open-source projects in the cloud-native or AI/ML space. Benefits: - Competitive compensation and equity packages - Restricted Stock Units - Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs - Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance - Employer contributions to HSA account - Paid parental leave - Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability - Professional development & tuition reimbursement - Mental health & wellness support - Commuter benefits (parking & transit) - Cell phone stipend - 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary - Volunteer time off - Global travel insurance & emergency assistance - Daily meals allowance - Additional perks & programs specific to location Compensation Range Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $208,000 - $253,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.