Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
Managed Orchestration, Kubernetes
$204-247k
+ Restricted Stock Units
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Job no longer available
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$204-247k
+ Restricted Stock Units
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience in distributed systems, cloud, or HPC
- Proven track record of technical leadership and driving architecture in production systems
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals (control plane, operators, API machinery, scheduling)
- Strong proficiency in Go (preferred) or another systems language (Rust, C++, Python for HPC tooling)
- Extensive experience with GPU integration in Kubernetes (device plugins, GPU operators, resource allocation)
- Strong knowledge of container networking (Cilium, Calico, Multus, service meshes) and Linux networking fundamentals
- Familiarity with high-performance networking technologies (InfiniBand, RoCE) and accelerator-aware scheduling
- Excellent debugging, systems design, and problem-solving skills in distributed systems
Desirable
- Familiarity with both NVIDIA and AMD GPU stacks (CUDA, ROCm, NCCL)
- Experience with Slurm, MPI, Ray, or distributed ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX)
- Contributions to open-source projects in the Kubernetes, GPU, or networking ecosystems
- Experience scaling multi-cluster environments and managing interconnects across data centers
- Background in security for Kubernetes and GPU workloads (RBAC, PodSecurity, runtime scanning)
What the job involves
- Crusoe is building its next-generation orchestration platform to power GPU-accelerated and high-performance computing at scale
- As a Staff Software Engineer on the Managed Orchestration team, you will shape the technical direction of our managed Kubernetes service, delivering systems that allow customers to run advanced workloads across CPUs, NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, and high-performance networking environments
- You’ll drive architecture and design for complex, distributed systems that integrate GPU operators, network operators, and CNI technologies (Cilium, Calico, Multus) with Kubernetes, while also supporting high-performance fabrics such as InfiniBand and RoCE
- This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, architectural leadership, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure orchestration for mission-critical workloads
- Lead architecture and design for core features of Crusoe’s Managed Kubernetes platform (multi-tenancy, control plane scalability, cluster lifecycle, and high availability)
- Drive integration of GPU acceleration in Kubernetes, including device plugin architecture, GPU operators, scheduling, autoscaling, and monitoring
- Guide development of advanced container networking capabilities, including CNI plugins, network operators, service meshes, and high-performance fabrics (InfiniBand, RoCE)
- Define and enforce best practices for security, multi-cluster deployments, and workload isolation across compute, GPU, and networking layers
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to set long-term technical strategy and roadmap for CMK
- Mentor engineers across the organization, providing technical guidance and elevating standards for design, code quality, and operational excellence
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex distributed systems challenges spanning compute, networking, and GPU acceleration
- Contribute to and represent Crusoe in open-source communities (Kubernetes SIGs, CNCF projects, GPU and networking ecosystem)
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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