Director of Engineering (Compute Cloud)

Crusoe Energy Systems; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Time away

401(k) match

Mental wellness

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems in San Francisco invites a Director of Engineering - Cloud Compute to shape our foundational IaaS, accelerate AI-focused cloud platform development, and guide architecture decisions.

You will mentor engineers, scale the team, own roadmaps, and collaborate across product and operations to deliver scalable, fault-tolerant compute solutions for AI workloads.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering management experience
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering
• Deep understanding of virtualization technologies and cloud compute architectures
• Experience operating production infrastructure to SLOs/SLAs

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud compute engineering, define long-term roadmaps
• Mentor engineers and scale the team
• Architect scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Drive alignment across cross-functional teams and leadership

Skills

Engineering management

Cloud computing

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Leadership in fast-moving environments

Tools

KVM

VMware ESXi

Microsoft Hyper-V

QEMU

containerd

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

• As the Director of Engineering - Cloud Compute, you will play a pivotal role in building our foundational IaaS offerings and accelerate the development of our carbon-reducing, AI focused cloud platform
• Leveraging your extensive experience in cloud computing, you will lead complex engineering initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and reliable cloud compute solutions
• Our customers include rapidly growing AI companies and enterprise AI teams who use our high performance GPU compute products with VPC and cluster networking technology
• We’re now adding broad new compute and virtualization capabilities to meet the needs of our growing customer base
• Serve as a team lead for cloud compute engineering at Crusoe Cloud, collaborating with leadership to define and implement the long-term road map and strategy for the team
• Guide the engineering team through architecture decisions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks
• Scale the team, including managing engineer onboarding, growing or hiring managers, and implementing team and org processes
• Stay aware of the latest trends and techniques in cloud software, incorporating these insights to maintain Crusoe’s market-leading offerings
• Drive the hiring process to attract top talent, and implement strategies to retain and develop these professionals

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

Requirements

• Familiarity with AI/ML workloads and how they drive compute requirements for the cloud data center
• In-depth understanding of Compute products (CPU, GPU, ASIC accelerators) and how customers consume them
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proven experience in building and maintaining scalable and highly available fault-tolerant distributed systems and application architectures
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• 7+ years of engineering management experience, 10+ years of experience working in software engineering
• Understanding of key hypervisors and virtualization technologies (eg KVM, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V) and how they enable cloud computing
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Deep expertise in Linux environments, configuration management, and modern deployment automation to ensure safe, scalable rollouts across large-scale compute fleets
• Proven track record of operating production infrastructure to strict SLOs and SLAs, leveraging fleet-wide observability and monitoring to drive reliability, optimization, and capacity planning
• Active open-source or upstream contributions to cloud infrastructure, containerization, or virtualization technologies (e.g., KVM, QEMU, containerd, Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated leadership in ambiguous, fast-moving environments,bringing structure, clarity, and cross-functional alignment during periods of rapid organizational growth