Senior Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
Managed Orchestration
$237.6-288k
+ Bonus + Restricted Stock Units
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Be an early applicant
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$237.6-288k
+ Bonus + Restricted Stock Units
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- You have 10+ years of experience working in software engineering, with deep expertise in Systems Engineering and large-scale distributed systems
- You possess 3+ years of programming experience in GoLang, with a track record of delivering production-grade systems
- You have extensive experience with Kubernetes and Linux Engineering, including advanced debugging and performance optimization
- You are highly skilled in infrastructure as code and have a strong understanding of complex systems-level challenges at scale
- You have experience with Terraform and GCP (preferred), with the ability to influence platform-level decisions
- You have a strong understanding of Argo, CI/CD, and Automated Testing pipelines, including designing and scaling them for large organizations
- You can architect, build, and evolve Kubernetes operators and controllers, owning critical components that ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the Kubernetes environment
- You have experience designing and operating large-scale systems comparable to leading services like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- You can lead and deliver critical, high-impact projects, driving initiatives across networking, quality control, automation, and system reliability at an organizational level
- You can define and own system architecture end-to-end, including CI/CD pipelines, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term sustainability
- You have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders and drive alignment across the organization
What the job involves
- We are actively seeking an exceptional Senior Staff Software Engineer for our cloud software team who will serve as a technical leader and strategic force behind the operations of our cutting-edge infrastructure
- Your expertise will be instrumental in defining, designing, and scaling our carbon-reducing operating model, as well as driving the long-term vision and reliability of critical hardware, software, and network components
- In this role, you will lead complex architectural initiatives, set technical direction across teams, and establish best practices in code quality, system design, and operational excellence
- You will author and review high-impact proposals and architecture documents, guiding decisions that shape the organization’s technical landscape
- You will evaluate tools and frameworks with a long-term, system-wide perspective, carefully considering their impact on reliability, scalability, operational costs, and organizational adoption
- Your deep expertise in orchestration and optimization will be instrumental in advancing our managed Kubernetes and AI training clusters, ensuring they set the industry standard for reliability, performance, and efficiency
- Drive the development of scalable, resilient, and high-performance software solutions, ensuring alignment with and influence over the strategic objectives outlined in the Crusoe Cloud roadmap
- Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, fostering a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and accountability while enabling teams to deliver cutting-edge cloud solutions
- Define and evolve architectural standards and best practices, ensuring consistency, scalability, and long-term maintainability across systems
- Continuously stay ahead of emerging trends and technologies in cloud software, proactively shaping Crusoe’s technical direction and incorporating innovations that maintain competitive advantage
- Act as a mentor and multiplier for engineering talent, elevating team capabilities through coaching, design reviews, and thought leadership in technical discussions
- Lead cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment between engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver cohesive and impactful solutions
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.
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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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