Senior Production Engineer (Core PE)

Crusoe Energy Systems; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits and wellness

Paid time off

401(k) match

Mental health resources

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems is seeking a Production Engineer focused on Operational Excellence to ensure reliability and performance of our GPU cloud powering AI workloads. You will reduce toil, automate tasks, and partner with compute, networking, and platform teams to strengthen resilience and disaster recovery.

The role emphasizes building scalable infrastructure, improving incident response, and growing technical depth through mentoring and hands-on work in large-scale AI infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Understanding cloud infra fundamentals incl. Kubernetes, distributed systems, virtualization, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana; desire to deepen expertise.
• Experience supporting GPU workloads, HPC, or latency/throughput-sensitive distributed systems.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Growth mindset with focus on reliability engineering, automation, and operational excellence.
• 5+ years in Production Engineering, SRE, or large-scale infrastructure operations.

Responsibilities

• Improve reliability, scalability, and performance of Crusoe's GPU cloud platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and evolve availability metrics, SLIs, and SLOs.
• Participate in incident response, diagnose disruptions, and contribute to root cause analysis.
• Build, operate, and improve observability—Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, OpenTelemetry.
• Develop automation and self-healing tooling to reduce toil and improve recovery times.

Skills

Reliability engineering

SRE practices

Scripting (Go/Python/C)

Linux systems

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

• Crusoe's building the most reliable, energy-efficient, AI-optimized cloud platform - and Production Engineering sits at the heart of that mission. As a Production Engineer focused on Operational Excellence, you will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Crusoe's GPU cloud that powers next-generation AI workloads
• This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex production problems, improving large-scale distributed systems, and building automation that keeps infrastructure running smoothly. You'll play a key role in strengthening the operational foundation of Crusoe's cloud while helping scale infrastructure that supports demanding AI and HPC workloads
• You'll partner closely with Production Engineers, infrastructure teams, and platform engineers to improve system reliability, reduce operational toil, and drive continuous improvements across Crusoe's rapidly growing GPU cloud
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and evolve availability metrics for Crusoe's cloud platform, including establishing, measuring, and improving SLIs and SLOs
• Participate in production incident response, diagnosing and resolving service disruptions while contributing to post-incident reviews and root cause analysis
• Build, operate, and improve observability across Crusoe's infrastructure using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and OpenTelemetry
• Identify reliability risks, performance bottlenecks, and early indicators of potential production issues across distributed systems
• Develop automation and tooling that reduces operational toil, improves recovery times, and enables self-healing infrastructure
• Partner with compute, networking, storage, and platform teams to strengthen service resilience and disaster recovery capabilities
• Contribute to improving operational processes, knowledge sharing, and reliability best practices across the engineering organization
• Continue growing technical depth through mentorship, training, and hands-on work operating large-scale AI infrastructure

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

Understanding of modern cloud infrastructure fundamentals including Kubernetes, distributed systems, virtualization, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, or a strong desire to deepen expertise in this areaExperience supporting GPU workloads, HPC environments, or latency/throughput-sensitive distributed systemsFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform or AnsibleA growth mindset and strong interest in reliability engineering, automation, and operational excellence5+ years of experience in Production Engineering, SRE, or large-scale infrastructure operationsPrevious experience in Infrastructure roles building or managing compute, storage or networking platformsAbility to remain calm and effective while troubleshooting complex issues in high-impact production environmentsFamiliarity with incident management practices and reliability frameworks (SRE, ITIL, or similar)Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering teamsScripting or programming experience with languages such as Go, Python, C, or C++Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, including debugging complex issues across kernel and user spaceInterest in scaling AI or HPC infrastructure and solving reliability challenges in GPU-heavy environmentsPassion for mentorship, learning, and developing deeper expertise in Production EngineeringExperience designing self-healing systems, automated remediation, or event-driven operational toolingExperience working with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms at scaleExposure to change management processes, operational readiness reviews, or structured root cause analysis