Principal Software Engineer - Storage

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 the Role:

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Cloud Storage team, you will lead the development and execution of our storage strategy. You will work extensively with cloud storage primitives, utilizing advanced storage engineering concepts to drive innovation and performance improvements.

A Day In The Life:

• Develop and execute the roadmap for the storage strategy at Crusoe Cloud.

• Serve as an engineering lead for the Cloud Storage team, collaborating with technology and engineering leadership to define and implement the long-term strategy for the team.

• Be highly hands-on, guiding the engineering team through architecture decisions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks.

• Collaborate with the infrastructure organization to develop industry-leading storage infrastructure.

• Lead file system development, storage architecture design, production support, and cross-functional collaboration.

You Will Thrive In This Role If You Have:

• Proven experience in system programming with C, C++, and/or Rust.

• Extensive knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and computer architecture.

• Ability to design and develop distributed cloud storage solutions and features across the stack

• Experience building redundant and fault tolerant storage solutions with backups, replication, encryption and data protection mechanisms

• Hands-on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems.

• 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-oF.

• 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 operations.

• Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong fundamentals in physical and software defined networking concepts.

  • Background in kernel or embedded development, particularly with the Linux kernel.

  • Exposure to Kubernetes CSI and cloud-native storage solutions.

  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling with any of Ansible, Chef, Puppet and/or Terraform

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

  • Programming experience in Java or Go.

  • Proven leadership experience in a technical role.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work schedule

• 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 disability 

• 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; $50 per pay period

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of $245-320k base. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants 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.