Senior Staff Distributed Systems Engineer - Platform Scale

Crusoe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 245,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity packages

Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence

Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance

401(k) Retirement plan with company match

Job summary

Crusoe is seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives within Crusoe Cloud's Managed Platform Services. This role focuses on performance engineering at scale and operational excellence across all domains. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in distributed systems and a proven track record in mentorship.

Located in San Francisco, California, this full-time position offers a dynamic work environment where innovation drives our mission to advance AI infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
• Track record in performance engineering at the staff level or above.
• Experience in customer-facing on-call teams.

Responsibilities

• Own performance engineering at the platform level.
• Ensure long-term architecture is built in from the start.
• Drive operational excellence and reduce on-call noise.
• Provide cross-domain technical leadership across platform domains.
• Influence decisions with adjacent infrastructure teams.
• Engage in roadmap collaboration with product and engineering leadership.
• Mentor engineers and foster a positive team culture.

Skills

Distributed Systems Depth

Performance Engineering

Operational Leadership

Cross-Functional Impact

Roadmap Collaboration

Mentorship at Scale

Ownership

Communication

Tools

Go

Job description

Crusoe is seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives within Crusoe Cloud's Managed Platform Services. This role focuses on performance engineering at scale and operational excellence across all domains. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in distributed systems and a proven track record in mentorship.

Located in San Francisco, California, this full-time position offers a dynamic work environment where innovation drives our mission to advance AI infrastructure.