Staff Software Engineer

Crusoe's mission is to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. We’re crafting the engine that powers a world where people can create ambitiously with AI — without sacrificing scale, speed, or sustainability.

Be a part of the AI revolution with sustainable technology at Crusoe. Here, you'll drive meaningful innovation, make a tangible impact, and join a team that’s setting the pace for responsible, transformative cloud infrastructure.

About This Role :

We are looking for a highly skilled engineer with deep experience running Kubernetes at scale on bare metal. You will help design, build, and operate Crusoe’s next-generation Kubernetes platform across global datacenters, ensuring performance, reliability, and automation at every layer of the stack.

What You’ll Be Working On :

• Designing, building, and operating Kubernetes clusters on bare metal at scale
• Engineering full cluster lifecycle management (Talos bootstrapping, upgrades, node reprovisioning, HA control planes, recovery workflows)
• Architecting networking, load balancing, and service mesh solutions optimized for bare metal
• Implementing performant CNIs (Calico, Cilium), integrating L2 / L3 networking, routing (BGP / ECMP), and optimizing traffic across racks and datacenters
• Automating provisioning via PXE / iPXE, Tinkerbell, MAAS, and managing BMCs / IPMI / Redfish with standardized BIOS / firmware across heterogeneous hardware fleets
• Designing and operating persistent storage (local disks, block, object) including Ceph, Rook, and openEBS
• Building automation and tooling (Go, Python, Bash) for provisioning, drift detection, upgrades, and incident response
• Extending observability with Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and defining SLOs for cluster health, latency, and workload availability
• Implementing security best practices : Vault, cert-manager, RBAC hardening, network policies, and OS / K8s patch pipelines
• Mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction for Crusoe’s Kubernetes platform

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Compensation :

Compensation will be paid in the range of $204,000 - $247,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, 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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