Staff Cloud Availability Platform Engineer

ZipRecruiter; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and operate Kubernetes infrastructure. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and automation, making a significant impact in the AI cloud infrastructure space. Candidates should have extensive experience in infrastructure engineering, particularly with Kubernetes and event-driven systems.

Benefits

Industry competitive pay

Restricted Stock Units

Health insurance options

Employer contributions to HSA

Paid Parental Leave

Paid life insurance

401(k) with 100% match up to 4%

Generous paid time off

Cell phone reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

Subscription to Calm app

Company paid commuter benefit

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in platform, backend, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes internals and operational tooling.
• Strong understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing in containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes infrastructure for multi-tenant applications.
• Collaborating with SREs, security engineers, and backend developers.
• Contributing to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.

Skills

Kubernetes internals

Networking in containerized environments

Event-driven systems

API-driven infrastructure

Observability tooling

Infrastructure-as-code

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Crusoe is building the World’s Favorite AI-first Cloud infrastructure company. We’re pioneering vertically integrated, purpose-built AI infrastructure solutions trusted by Fortune 500 companies to power their most advanced AI applications. Crusoe is redefining AI cloud infrastructure, with a mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. Our AI platform is recognized as the "gold standard" for reliability and performance. Our data centers are optimized for AI workloads and are powered by clean, renewable energy.

Be part of the AI revolution with sustainable technology at Crusoe. Here, you'll drive meaningful innovation, make a tangible impact, and join a team that’s setting the pace for responsible, transformative cloud infrastructure.

About This Role:
We’re looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to help design, deploy, and operate robust Kubernetes environments and scalable infrastructure systems. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, and who are passionate about performance, reliability, and automation.

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes infrastructure for multi-tenant, distributed applications.

• Implementing and optimizing the container and host networking stack, including CNI plugins, network policies, and service mesh integrations.

• Building and evolving event-driven platforms using Kafka, NATS, or cloud- pub/sub systems.

• Developing and maintaining API interfaces (REST/gRPC) to power internal infrastructure services and developer tooling.

• Driving improvements in system reliability, scalability, and observability through automation, instrumentation, and best practices.

• Collaborating closely with SREs, security engineers, and backend developers to deliver infrastructure with strong operational maturity.

• Contributing to and maintaining infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for consistent, automated deployments.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• 7+ years of experience in platform, backend, or infrastructure engineering roles.

• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes internals, deployment patterns, and operational tooling.

• Strong understanding of networking in containerized environments, including DNS, load balancing, and traffic routing.
  Practical experience implementing and supporting event-driven systems at scale.

• A proven ability to build and evolve API-driven infrastructure used by developers and systems alike.

• Familiarity with observability tooling like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and structured logging practices.

• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm) and CI/CD pipelines.

Bonus Points:

• Experience contributing to open-source infrastructure projects.

• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments and hybrid cloud patterns.

• Exposure to zero-downtime deployment strategies and advanced rollback mechanisms.

Benefits:

• Industry competitive pay

• Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company

• Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents

• Employer contributions to HSA accounts

• Paid Parental Leave

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

• Teladoc

• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule

• Cell phone reimbursement

• Tuition reimbursement

• Subscription to the Calm app

• MetLife Legal

• Company paid commuter benefit; $200 per month

Compensation:

Compensation will be paid in the range of $180,000 - $210,000. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, 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 , , , , genetic information, , citizenship, marital status, /, preference/ , , , veteran status, , or any other status protected by law or regulation.