Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Storage)

Crusoe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 285,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity/Restricted Stock Units

Paid time off & holidays

Health, dental & vision insurance

HSA contributions

Parental leave

Life insurance & disability

Tuition reimbursement & professional发展

Mental health support

Commuter benefits

Cell phone stipend

401(k) with company match

Volunteer time off

Global travel insurance

Job summary

Crusoe is building the storage foundation for AI workloads, owning long-term architecture, vendor relationships, and capital allocation. You will define multi-year roadmaps across block, file, object, and archival storage, partnering with engineering teams to ensure scalable, cost-efficient infrastructure for hyperscale AI deployments.

The role demands strong storage expertise, executive-ready communication, and a proven track record in shaping infrastructure strategy for cloud environments at

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical product management or infrastructure engineering with architecture-level outcomes.
• Storage subject matter expertise and credibility to operate with senior engineers.
• Strong understanding of hyperscale cloud storage architectures (block, file, object).
• Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and vetting internal storage investments.
• Grasp of infrastructure economics at scale (cost per usable TB).
• Analytical mindset to inform multi-year infrastructure decisions.
• Exceptional communication to translate tradeoffs for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe's storage foundation (block, file, object, NVMe, archival).
• Own long-term storage architecture and hierarchy.
• Lead vendor management strategy and capital allocation for the storage stack.
• Set platform targets for performance, durability and capacity efficiency.
• Plan for AI-ready scale across larger clusters and fleet size.
• Identify and invest in architectural improvements to remove bottlenecks.
• Partner with Engineering and Architecture on major tradeoffs and requirements.
• Scout the industry for emerging storage technologies and vendors.

Skills

8+ years experience

Storage expertise

Cloud storage architectures

Vendor strategy

Infrastructure economics

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Bonus: AI infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS

Tools

RDMA

GPUDirect Storage

AWS/Azure/GCP storage services

Job description

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.

About This Role

Crusoe is building the infrastructure layer that powers the most demanding AI workloads on the planet. Our storage stack is what keeps tens of thousands of GPUs fed with data, whether that means block volumes for fast bootups, a shared file system for a training cluster, or the object storage tier a physical AI customer depends on. As a Principal Product Manager on our AI Infrastructure team, you will own the long-term architecture and technology strategy for Crusoe's storage foundation: how we build our storage stack at scale, from hardware and vendor selection to fleet-wide deployment architecture.

This is a foundations role. You will work as a peer to our most senior infrastructure engineers and architects, and make the long-term architecture, vendor, and technology decisions that determine whether our storage platform can scale for years, not just for the next customer request. You will partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Software Engineering, and Architecture to translate future workload, fleet, and customer requirements into infrastructure requirements, and manage the vendor relationships that keep our storage stack world-class for AI at scale.

What You'll Be Working On

• Long-term vision: Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe's storage foundation, across block, file, object, local NVMe, and archival tiers.

• Architecture and hierarchy: Own the long-term storage architecture and hierarchy

• Vendor management and technology strategy: Own Crusoe's long-term vendor management strategy for the storage stack, and shapes our cost structure, capital allocation, and competitive position.

• Platform targets: Set the performance and durability targets the platform must hit, including storage cost per usable TB and capacity efficiency.

• Scale for AI: Own the future architecture required to support significantly larger AI clusters and fleet scale.

• Structural investment: Identify structural limitations in the current architecture and prioritize the long-term investments that resolve them.

• Engineering partnership: Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on major technical tradeoffs, and define the product requirements and business rationale behind foundational investments.

• Industry scouting: Actively scout the industry for emerging storage technologies and vendors, and represent storage foundations in leadership reviews.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.

• 8+ years of technical product management experience, or product-mindful infrastructure engineering experience, with a track record of owning architecture-level outcomes at Principal or equivalent scope, specifically focused on cloud storage or related infrastructure.

• Subject matter expertise in storage, with the credibility to operate as a peer to senior infrastructure engineers and architects.

• Strong technical understanding of cloud storage architectures, including block, file, and object storage, at hyperscale.

• Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and vetting in-house software engineering investment for storage hardware and software.

• A strong grasp of infrastructure economics at scale, including cost per usable TB and capacity efficiency.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to inform multi-year infrastructure decisions.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into clear narratives for engineering leadership and executives.

Bonus Points

• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, including training and inference workloads in the cloud.

• Direct experience with high-performance storage networking, such as RDMA or GPUDirect Storage.

• Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their storage services, or a deep understanding of cloud-native storage principles at hyperscale.

• Experience managing or mentoring other product managers

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages

• Restricted Stock Units

• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs

• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance

• Employer contributions to HSA account

• Paid parental leave

• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability

• Professional development & tuition reimbursement

• Mental health & wellness support

• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)

• Cell phone stipend

• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

• Volunteer time off

• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance

• Daily meals allowance

• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $$285,000 - $335,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's 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.