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Staff Software Engineer

Crusoe San Francisco, CA - US FullTime Cloud Engineering Posted 3w+ ago
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What it’s like to work at Crusoe

AI Cloud & Clean Energy · Denver

3.4
Employee Rating
3.3
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337
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • Unique mission combining AI compute with clean energy — employees feel genuine environmental impact
  • Strong compensation and equity with startup energy and rapidly growing resources

What could be better

  • Startup pace means long hours and ambiguity — not for people who want strict 9-to-5
  • Rapid scaling creates process gaps, shifting priorities, and some organizational chaos
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About the Role

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

Crusoe’s Data Center Infrastructure Engineering (DCIE) team is fundamental to our mission of providing AI hardware and infrastructure as a service. The team provides infrastructure for Crusoe’s fleet GPU’s and data center. The team sits at the nexus of high performance computing and AI infrastructure as a service.

The DCIE team owns, deployment maintenance, observability, critical environment, and automation. The team builds, and maintains GPU clusters, develops automation for logical and physical maintenance, provision systems, and observability tooling.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join Crusoe’s Data Center Infrastructure Engineering team. This position is focused on the development of software for the management of a fleet of GPU servers as well as the data centers that house those systems. The role focuses on the developing and implementing advanced diagnostic, observability, automation and repair tooling for high-performance GPU compute clusters.

The ideal new team member will be a hands-on problem solver who is comfortable working independently. The new team member will play a critical role in maintaining the health and scalability of Crusoe’s rapidly growing GPU fleet.

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Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $208,000 - $253,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Crusoe?
Crusoe has a work-life balance score of 3.3/5 based on employee reviews. This is below average, which may indicate a fast-paced, demanding work environment.
What is Crusoe’s culture like?
Crusoe is characterized by these culture values: ship-fast, social-impact, eng-driven, equity. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 3.4/5. Unique mission combining AI compute with clean energy — employees feel genuine environmental impact
How many open roles does Crusoe have?
Crusoe currently has 337 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in San Francisco, CA - US. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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