Director of Engineering, Crusoe Energy Systems
Cloud Availability
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
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Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a strategic organizational leader who thrives in matrixed environments and possesses a deep technical background in large-scale cloud infrastructure
- Extensive Leadership Experience: 10+ years of engineering leadership experience with a proven track record of managing high-performing technical teams
- Cloud Infrastructure Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of public cloud infrastructure and experience building or operating large-scale platforms (Public, Private, or Hybrid)
- Reliability Mastery: Expert-level understanding of availability, observability, SLIs/SLOs, and modern incident management frameworks
- Global Collaboration: Proven ability to lead remote teams and successfully collaborate with US-based engineering organizations
- Matrix Proficiency: Demonstrated success navigating and leading within a matrix organizational structure
- Container Orchestration: Strong familiarity with virtual and managed Kubernetes platforms, such as EKS, GKE, or AKS
- Strategic Thinking: The ability to balance long-term organizational strategy with the immediate tactical needs of a fast-growing engineering site
Desirable
- AI/ML Infrastructure: Prior experience working with or building infrastructure platforms specifically tailored for AI and Machine Learning workloads
- Startup Scaling: Experience navigating the rapid growth phases of a high-scale startup environment
- Large-Scale Infrastructure: A background managing massive-scale infrastructure projects that exceed standard enterprise requirements
- Advanced Reliability Architectures: Experience designing automated recovery systems and "self-healing" infrastructure at scale
What the job involves
- As the Director of Engineering, Cloud Availability, you will lead our engineering organization in Dublin, serving as a critical bridge between our European operations and our US headquarters
- This is a high-impact leadership role where you will oversee Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Network Engineering, and Data Center Infrastructure Engineering to ensure the global resiliency of Crusoe Cloud
- You will be the primary "culture carrier" for our Dublin office, fostering a high-trust, high-performance environment that remains deeply integrated with our global mission to build the future of sustainable computing
- You will be responsible for scaling our EMEA presence, managing critical reliability initiatives, and implementing a seamless "follow-the-sun" operational model
- This is a full-time position based in Dublin, offering the opportunity to lead transformative projects—from building SRE functions for AI/ML managed services to driving a culture of operational excellence across multiple continents
- Organizational Leadership: Partner closely with Data Center, Network, and SRE teams to build and scale a world-class engineering organization in Dublin
- Site Leadership & Culture: Serve as the primary point of contact and face of Crusoe leadership in Dublin, proactively managing office sentiment and ensuring the team remains focused on high-impact objectives
- Global Strategic Alignment: Build high-trust partnerships with US-based leadership to ensure local priorities are perfectly synchronized with the global business roadmap
- Operational Excellence: Implement and refine "follow-the-sun" protocols to enable smooth hand-offs between time zones, ensuring zero customer disruption and 24/7 reliability
- Unified Team Vision: Foster a "one-team" mindset across geographic boundaries, breaking down silos and promoting deep collaboration between Dublin and US offices
- Talent Development: Level up the Dublin engineering team by identifying individual strengths and establishing a culture of mentorship to grow the next generation of Engineering Leads and ICs
- Reliability Initiatives: Lead the development of SRE functions for IaaS and managed services, including Inference, SLURM, and automated cluster management
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
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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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