Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
$208-253k
+ Bonus & RSUs
Crusoe offers sponsorship
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
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Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$208-253k
+ Bonus & RSUs
Crusoe offers sponsorship
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal new team member will be a hands-on problem solver who is comfortable working independently. The new team member will play a critical role in maintaining the health and scalability of Crusoe’s rapidly growing GPU fleet
- Software engineering experience
- The ability to identify a problem, rapidly develop a scalable solution and ship it
- Ability to lean in and assist team members working on critical or complex technical initiatives
- Ability to set the technical direction for a specific project and execute
- Expertise in distributed systems, reliability, and cloud platforms (Kubernetes, IaC, GCP etc.)
- Strength in at least one programming language - Go, Python, Java, Rust
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team
Desirable
- Experience with Temporal and Kubernetes
- Experience working directly with hardware vendors
- Background in large-scale GPU fleet operations or hyperscale data center environments
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join Crusoe’s Data Center Infrastructure Engineering team
- This position is focused on the development of software for the management of a fleet of GPU servers as well as the data centers that house those systems
- The role focuses on the developing and implementing advanced diagnostic, observability, automation and repair tooling for high-performance GPU compute clusters
- Developing and implementing deep-level diagnostics and troubleshooting of hardware faults within GPU racks and high-density compute systems
- Developing troubleshooting and automation tooling for GPU platforms including NVIDIA A100, H200, GB200, B200 and AMD 350X / 355X
- Developing automation and AI agents for executing component-level diagnosis and remediation for failed or degraded hardware
- In conjunction with data center operations develop innovative tooling and AI agents for managing the critical environment
- Developing tooling for post-repair validation and testing tools such as burn-in, Pytorch, and NVIDIA NCCL to ensure system stability and performance
- Own the deployment, monitoring, and operational support of developed tooling, ensuring solutions maximize GPU fleet availability and performance to drive customer success
- Developing automation and operational tooling for facilities management power as well as direct liquid cooling hardware systems
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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