Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
Managed AI, AI Platform
$208.7-253k
+ Bonus and Restricted Stock Units
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Be an early applicant
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$208.7-253k
+ Bonus and Restricted Stock Units
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Engineering Fundamentals: Advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering
- 8-10+ years of industry experience with demonstrated history of consistent success leading a varied portfolio of initiatives across your function
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud services (compute, storage, networking, database), and delivering early-stage projects quickly
- AI/ML Expertise: Experience with Generative AI (LLMs, Multimodal) and familiar with AI infrastructure (training, inference, ETL pipelines)
- Software Engineering: Proficient with container runtimes (e.g., Kubernetes), microservices, REST APIs, gRPC, and the full software development lifecycle including CI/CD
- Proactive, collaborative, and capable of working autonomously
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Passion for building cutting-edge AI products and solving complex technical problems
Desirable
- Proficiency in Golang, Python or Rust for production services
- Contributions to open-source AI projects (e.g., VLLM)
- Experience with performance optimizations on GPU systems and inference frameworks
What the job involves
- The Crusoe Cloud Managed AI team seeks an ambitious and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join their team
- You'll have a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and scalability of our next-generation managed AI services
- You will lead the design and implementation of core systems for our AI offerings, including resilient fault-tolerant queues, model catalogs, and scheduling mechanisms optimized for cost and performance
- This role offers the opportunity to build and scale critical infrastructure capable of handling millions of API requests per second across thousands of customers
- The team is working on building the next chapter of products to accelerate the process of adding intelligence into software
- Design and Development:
- Lead the design and implementation of core AI services, including:
- Resilient fault-tolerant queues for efficient task distribution
- Model catalogs for managing and versioning AI models
- Scheduling mechanisms optimized for cost and performance
- Scalability and Reliability:
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes or other distributed cluster orchestration systems
- Architect and scale infrastructure to handle millions of API requests per second
- Implement robust monitoring and alerting to ensure system health and 24/7 availability
- Collaboration and Innovation:
- Collaborate closely with product management, business strategy, and other engineering teams to define the AI platform roadmap
- Influence the long-term vision and architectural decisions of the platform
- Contribute to open-source AI frameworks and actively participate in the AI community
- Prototype and rapidly iterate on emerging technologies and new features
Our take
Crusoe is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing the digital age: the enormous energy demand of data centres and AI infrastructure. As AI models grow more powerful, they require immense computing power (and therefor electricity) to train and operate. This surge in energy use has put some pressure on power grids, driven up costs, and raised environmental concerns. Crusoe is on a mission to make this process more sustainable by finding smarter, cleaner, and more efficient ways to power the data centres that drive modern computing.
The company started out by putting wasted energy to work. Originally known as Crusoe Energy, it captured natural gas that would otherwise be burned off ("flared") at remote oil sites and used it to power modular data centres. Today, Crusoe has evolved into a major player in AI infrastructure, designing and operating large-scale data centres near renewable or stranded energy sources. It's now one of a handful of "neocloud" companies (next-generation cloud providers focused on flexible, efficient computing for AI workloads). And its facilities are helping tech giants like OpenAI handle the massive computing requirements of training advanced AI models.
Recently, Crusoe has attracted some huge investor attention, tripling its valuation to over $10B and raising $1.4B in its latest funding round. It's building OpenAI's first major US data centre campus and even experimenting with bold new frontiers. In partnership with Starcloud, Crusoe plans to deploy the world's first space-based cloud computing infrastructure, powered by solar energy and orbiting the Earth by 2027. If successful, this could redefine how and where computing happens, opening up a cleaner, virtually limitless source of energy for AI's next generation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$1.4bn
SERIES E
Dec 2024
$600m
SERIES D
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
- Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
- 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
- Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life's challenges
Company HQ
LoDo, Denver, CO
Leadership
Cully Cavness
(Co-Founder, COO & President)Began their career as an Energy Infrastructure Research Fellow before spending 3 years as a Business Development Manager at Recurrent Engineering and serving as CFO of Sword & Plough. They left their role as VP of Highlands Natural Resources to co-found Crusoe Energy Systems.
Chase Lochmiller
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Crusoe in 2018, Chase was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, a Quantitative Trade at Jump Trading Group, and a Managing Director of Algorithmic Trading at KCG Holdings.
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