Senior Staff Cloud Availability Platform Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
$245-290k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
Clean computing infrastructure
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Clean computing infrastructure
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$245-290k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To align the future of computing with the future of the climate.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in complex distributed systems, are passionate about Kubernetes, networking, and scalable APIs, and want to drive architectural decisions that impact the entire engineering organization
- 10+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or backend engineering, with 2+ years at a Staff or Principal level
- Proven expertise in strongly typed languages such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, including service discovery, networking, and load balancing
- Expertise in Linux host/container networking, service meshes, and L3/L4 traffic debugging
- Experience architecting and operating event-driven systems with high availability and low latency
- Strong background in building developer-facing APIs with a focus on usability and performance
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Helm, and GitOps/CI/CD workflows
- Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid environments, particularly with AWS
Desirable
- Experience contributing to open-source infrastructure or Kubernetes projects
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Exposure to zero-trust networking or advanced access control models
- Past leadership of cross-functional or platform-wide initiatives
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Staff+ to lead the design and implementation of core infrastructure and platform services at scale
- Leading the architectural design and implementation of Kubernetes clusters with a focus on performance, reliability, and multi-tenancy
- Driving end-to-end ownership of the host networking stack, including CNI integration, custom network policies, and observability/security features
- Designing and scaling event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, NATS, SNS/SQS) to support real-time applications and control planes
- Defining and implementing robust developer-facing APIs (REST/gRPC) for platform services and infrastructure tooling
- Establishing platform-wide patterns and best practices for scalable service integration and system interoperability
- Contributing to the evolution of observability, service discovery, and performance tooling across the platform
- Leading design reviews and architecture discussions, offering deep domain expertise and mentorship to peers
- Collaborating with security, compliance, and governance teams to ensure platform auditability and robustness
Our take
Methane, that is mostly generated by flaring in the oil and gas industry, is a major contributor to global warming - as are the carbon emissions produced by global computing (especially bitcoin mining.) Crusoe Energy Systems reduces flaring, and repurposes waste natural gas into energy for these processes, thus removing methane from the atmosphere and simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint of computing.
Crusoe's mobile data centers can be deployed to generate power from methane waste at its source. As well as its patented Digital Flare Mitigation system, Crusoe is also working to enable alternative revenue streams for renewable and clean energy projects, with the ultimate aim to run data centers on renewable energy.
The company has connections with Kraken Oil & Gas, Devon Energy, Enerplus, and more; and its computing power is used by institutes such as MIT. The rising pressure to take action on climate change, coupled with the need for high-energy computing as more infrastructure moves online, has placed it in a massive industry. With the capability of its systems to reduce the equivalent of 8,000 tonnes per year of CO2 and 2023 debt financing amounting to $200 million in investment, Crusoe Energy Systems is well positioned to make an impact and drive for further success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2024
$600m
SERIES D
Apr 2022
$350m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Stock options in a fast-growing, well-funded technology company
- Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Teladoc
- 401(k) with a 4% match
- Unlimited time off
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Subscription to the Calm app
- Company paid commuter benefit; $100 per month
- Pet-friendly offices
Company HQ
LoDo, Denver, CO
Leadership
Cully Cavness
(President & COO)Started 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.
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