Staff Software Engineer (Storage)

Crusoe Energy Systems; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Time off

401(k) match

Mental wellness resources

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and execution of our cloud storage strategy. You will drive innovation and performance improvements within our storage infrastructure and work with cloud storage primitives to build scalable, reliable solutions.

You will guide architecture decisions, review designs, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and engineering to execute features on the roadmap.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong background in systems programming and storage architectures.
• Experience with cloud storage primitives and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of cloud storage strategy.
• Define, design, and review storage features and roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and drive architecture decisions and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product and engineering for roadmap execution.

Skills

Java

Go

System programming

Linux

Storage systems

Distributed systems

Education

Advanced degree

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

• The Cloud Storage team at Crusoe seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and execution of our storage strategy
• This role will be instrumental in driving innovation and performance improvements within our cloud storage infrastructure
• You will work extensively with cloud storage primitives, utilizing advanced storage engineering concepts to build and operate high-performance, scalable, and reliable storage solutions
• Lead engineering efforts on cloud storage features by collaborating with product and engineering to define and execute features on the roadmap
• Write and review code, generate and review design documentation. Participate in qualifications and rollouts of software across the stack journeying from bare metal to user-facing APIs
• Guide the engineering team through architecture decisions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks
• Mentor and grow engineers on your team, fostering an environment of teamwork and continuous learning
• Champion and lead initiatives across the engineering organization such as tech talks, open source development, and book clubs
• Benchmark, analyze, and improve scale, performance, and resiliency issues

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

Safety and Compliance: Must be able to pass a background checkSoftware Engineering Fundamentals: 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 operationsCommunication & Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skillsCloud Storage Expertise: Hands‑on experience building and operating large scale, complex distributed cloud computing infrastructure products. Preferably, experience building redundant and fault tolerant storage solutions with backups, replication, encryption, and data protection mechanismsTechnical Proficiency: Strong experience with at least one application programming language like Java or Go. Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling with any of Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and/or Terraform. Knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and computer architectureStorage Technologies: Hands‑on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systemsOpen Source Contributions: Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS)Storage Protocols: In‑depth understanding in at least one of block storage, object storage, and/or file storage. Familiarity with storage protocols like NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe‑oFSystem Programming: Proven experience in system programming with C, C++, and/or RustNetworking: An understanding of physical and software‑defined networking conceptsEducation: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field