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Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Managed Platform Services

CrusoeSan Francisco, CA - USCloud Engineering
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Salary
$250K - $300K USD
Job type
Full-time
Posted
24 Jun 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Crusoe is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join the Managed Platform Services team in San Francisco, California. This full-time role suits an experienced distributed systems expert ready to act as a floating technical leader across high-priority infrastructure and AI initiatives.

Role Overview

Crusoe operates as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that builds energy-first solutions for massive AI workloads. As a senior floating technical leader within the Managed Platform Services division, this position does not involve traditional domain ownership. Instead, engineers deploy to areas requiring the highest technical depth, including infrastructure scale-out, reliability deep dives, new product exploration, customer-facing platform development, and cross-functional engineering initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Design and drive automation pipelines for new on-prem server and site bring-up during large-scale data center expansions.
Conduct performance and reliability deep dives across managed services to uncover systemic issues like concurrency bottlenecks and thundering herds, establishing platform-wide 10x scalability benchmarks.
Build rapid proof-of-concept solutions to evaluate emerging platform capabilities, managed vector databases, and AI platforms.
Partner with customer success and solution engineering to deliver tailored customer-facing features, insights, and administrative tooling.
Scope high-leverage architectural migrations between internal Kubernetes and public cloud or on-prem orchestration platforms.
Drive cross-functional initiatives for complete service isolation and air-gapped managed offerings.
Utilize AI tools to accelerate development, research, and internal or customer-facing MCP servers.
Coach senior engineering teammates and cultivate an environment of technical excellence and safety.

Requirements

Bring ten or more years of professional software development experience, including substantial time operating at a staff level or higher.
Demonstrate hands-on expertise designing and operating large-scale distributed systems covering consensus, sharding, replication, and load balancing.
Possess broad technical range to operate across the entire stack, from on-prem infrastructure setup to customer-facing product features.
Show proficiency in Go or another modern compiled language, with Go strongly preferred alongside cloud-native infrastructure experience.
Maintain customer-facing on-call experience with a focus on eliminating incident root causes rather than simple reactive firefighting.
Exhibit exemplary communication skills with the ability to translate ambiguous requirements into structured technical outcomes.

Skills and Tools

Kubernetes
LLM
Distributed Systems Architecture
Go (or Modern Compiled Languages)
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Performance Profiling and Benchmarking

Salary and Benefits

Annual base compensation ranging from $250,000 to $300,000 plus bonus, supplemented by Restricted Stock Units in all offers.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside employer contributions to health savings accounts.
Retirement planning through a 401(k) plan featuring a company match of up to 4% of salary.
Paid time off, paid holidays, leave of absence programs, and paid parental leave.
Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and global travel insurance.
Professional development support, tuition reimbursement, and mental health programs.
Daily meals allowance, commuter transit and parking benefits, and a cell phone stipend.

About the Company

Crusoe is an innovative AI infrastructure company dedicated to accelerating the abundance of energy and intelligence. By taking a unique energy-first approach, the organization owns and operates every layer of the technology stack from power generation to AI tokens. The team brings together experts across energy, data center construction, cloud services, and manufacturing to solve boundless AI compute demands.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their application directly on the official Crusoe careers page to be considered for this San Francisco based opportunity.

Skills and tech stack

KubernetesLLM

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Sr. Staff Software Engineer role?

This position is based in San Francisco, California, and is an on-site full-time role.

What is the salary range for this position?

The annual salary ranges from $250,000 to $300,000 plus a bonus and Restricted Stock Units.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have 10 or more years of software development experience, including significant time at the staff level or above.

What programming languages are preferred?

Proficiency in Go or a modern compiled language is required, with Go strongly preferred.

What benefits does Crusoe offer?

Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, a 401(k) with up to a 4% company match, HSA contributions, paid time off, parental leave, daily meal allowances, and professional development support.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Crusoe careers page.

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