Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
Managed Services
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Open for applications
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one modern compiled language such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++ and fundamentals in data structures and algorithm design
- 5+ years of experience contributing to architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of highly available and fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Solid understanding of microservices, including the operational trade-offs of various design patterns
- Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and build systems
- Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Terraform
- Excellent communication skills
- Embody the Company values
Desirable
- Experience with Observability, Telemetry, DevOps, Kubernetes, ML, AI
- Understanding of ML training, fine tuning and inference techniques
What the job involves
- We are looking for Senior/Staff Software engineers to help design and scale our carbon-reducing cloud computing platform
- With Crusoe Cloud’s upcoming public launch, as a Software Engineer - Managed Services, you will help us advance our managed cloud offerings and build out best-in-class, out-of-the-box cloud capabilities for our customers
- You’ll play a key role in designing and implementing foundational cloud products, such as storage solutions, logging, and monitoring systems, akin to services like Amazon S3 and CloudWatch
- Your responsibilities will include evaluating and building cloud software tools and frameworks that solve core use cases for Crusoe’s customers, focusing on reliability, scalability, operational costs, ease of adoption and low-touch
- You’ll also be responsible for developing and refining technical assessments and team fit criteria to enhance our hiring and development processes
- In collaboration with engineering managers, you’ll mentor engineers and contribute to their professional growth, ensuring a strong and adaptive engineering culture
- Build: Dive into designing a scalable, highly available architecture for managed services on Crusoe Cloud such as storage, observability and logging
- Own: Ensure the architectural choices meet our security, scalability, and performance standards. Build architecture diagrams and discuss / present approaches with stakeholders for collective feedback
- Guide: Mentor junior engineers, provide guidance on design proposals and conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality and efficiency
- Innovate: Implement market-making features that set Crusoe Cloud apart from competitors, enhancing its unique value proposition. Think like a customer
- Collaborate: Partner with the cloud support and operations teams to build managed services that support the internal SRE and Customer success teams along with Crusoe Cloud's customers
- Lead: Set a strong example of technical excellence, promoting a culture of innovation and upholding the highest standards in software engineering practices
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 almost $1.4B in its 2025 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
Union Station, 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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