Staff Software Engineer (Internal Tools & Automation)

Crusoe Energy Systems; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Paid time off

401(k) match

Mental wellness

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems is seeking a Forward-Deployed Engineer who will embed with internal teams such as SRE, Finance, Sales, People Ops, or product. You will learn how they operate and build software that helps them take the next action, not just describe the problem.

You will be one of the first engineers in this new function, shaping how it operates, delivering interactive tooling in days, and owning work end to end with accountability and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and owning production software.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development and guardrails.
• Experience as a forward-deployed, solutions, or embedded engineer.
• Strong SQL and data modeling.
• Full-stack engineering capability.
• Experience with automation platforms such as Workato or n8n.
• BI/Analytics tooling experience with Sigma, Looker, dbt, Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Embed with a Crusoe stakeholder team and learn their rituals to identify high-leverage automation opportunities.
• Build applications and interactive tools that read data, apply decisions, and write results to systems of record.
• Automate real-world workflows with pipelines and agents that operate with limited human intervention.
• Own work end-to-end: scope with stakeholders, build, deploy, measure adoption, and iterate.
• Contribute reusable components to the platform to accelerate future engagements and maintain governance.

Skills

SQL & data modeling

Full-stack engineering

Ownership & accountability

Stakeholder collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Fast delivery

Tools

Sigma

Looker

dbt

Tableau

Workato

n8n

Job description

• As a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you will embed with another Crusoe team, such as SRE, Finance, Sales, People Ops, or a product group. You will learn how they operate and build software that helps them take the next action, not just describe the problem
• This is a forward-deployed engineering role serving internal teams. Your customer is a Crusoe team. Your product is the application, automation, or agent that makes their work faster, clearer, and more dependable. Success is measured by adoption and by the time and effort you return to the team
• This is also a new function. You will be one of its first engineers and will help shape how it operates
• Several capabilities have matured recently. Modern BI tools now support write-back, so dashboards can update real records instead of only displaying them. Company data and operational context are reachable by AI agents through governed interfaces. Automation platforms and a shared library of reusable skills let you connect actions across many source systems, including CRM, support, infrastructure inventory, and the data warehouse
• Together, these capabilities allow an embedded engineer to deliver interactive tooling in days instead of quarters. We are looking for engineers who want to use that leverage to help internal teams move faster with confidence
• Embed with a stakeholder team. Participate in their rituals, observe manual workflows, and identify high-leverage work that software can remove
• Build applications. Build interactive tools that take action: read data, apply decisions, and write results back to systems of record
• Automate real workflows. Replace repetitive work with pipelines and agents that run independently and involve a person when judgment is required
• Own the work end to end. Scope problems with stakeholders, then build, deploy, measure adoption, and iterate. You are accountable for outcomes, with support from partner teams
• Contribute to the platform. Turn reusable parts of your work, such as skills, integrations, or UI patterns, into shared building blocks that accelerate future engagements
• Keep it correct. Build on sources of truth, respect governance and access controls, and make tooling reliable enough for daily operational use

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

• Comfort with AI-assisted development. You use LLM agents and automation platforms effectively, and understand where guardrails are required
• 8+ years building and owning production software. You write clean code, ship it, and remain accountable for it in production
• Product mindset and stakeholder fluency. You collaborate well with non-engineers, translate manual processes into clear tools, and push back when a request is not the right solution
• Staff-level scope and judgment. You can take an ambiguous, greenfield charter and turn it into a plan and shipped software with limited direction. You raise technical standards and help engineers around you grow
• Fast delivery with attention to correctness. You get a useful version in front of users quickly, then harden it thoughtfully. You maintain a clear standard for completion
• Strong SQL and data modeling. You can navigate a data warehouse, reason about pipelines, and validate numbers before relying on them
• Full-stack engineering skill. You can build user-facing interfaces, backend services and APIs, and the supporting data layer
• Strong ownership. You measure success by whether stakeholder work becomes easier, faster, and more reliable
• Experience as a forward-deployed, solutions, or embedded engineer
• Familiarity with automation platforms such as Workato or n8n
• Prior BI or analytics engineering work with tools such as Sigma, Looker, dbt, or Tableau
• Comfort in an early-stage environment with a high degree of ambiguity
• Experience building on MCP, agent frameworks, or LLM tool use