Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
Mining and Power
$140-160k
+ RSU's
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Job no longer available
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$140-160k
+ RSU's
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years of programming experience with at least one modern compiled language such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 2-3+ years relevant work experience
- Computer Science fundamentals in data structures and algorithm design
- Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and build systems, such as GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, GitHub Actions
- Experience in concurrency, multi-threading and synchronization
- Experience with writing automated tests
- Experience with Unix/Linux environments
- Experience with TCP/IP and network programming
- Excellent communication skills
- Must be able to pass a background check
- Embody the company values
- Experience optimizing performance of large-scale, high-volume systems
Desirable
- Familiarity with React, Typescript, ES6, WebSockets
- Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Terraform
- An interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
What the job involves
- We are actively seeking Software Engineers for our Bitcoin mining operations team to work on our cutting-edge distributed infrastructure and tooling
- Your expertise will be instrumental in the design and scaling of our carbon-reducing operating model, as well as the management of critical hardware, software and network components
- You will be expected to be heavily involved in writing and reviewing code, proposals and architecture documents
- In this role, you will drive the evaluation of tools and frameworks, carefully considering their impact on reliability, scalability, operational costs, and ease of adoption
- You’ll collaborate with product owners and other stakeholders to build products and tools from the ground up, and with other engineers to build and maintain fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale
- If you have a passion for the energy industry, technology, environmental stewardship and innovative solutions, we want to hear from you
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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