Senior Staff Software Engineer, Storage

The role

A Senior Staff Software Engineer will define the multi-year technical roadmap and architectural strategy for Crusoe's storage engine. The role involves bridging high-performance NVMe hardware with globally distributed object stores.

What you will do

• Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for the storage engine.
• Identify industry trends and integrate them into a cohesive roadmap.
• Build the foundations of the V2 storage re-architecture using C, C++, Go, and/or Rust.
• Architect and implement solutions utilizing NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe/TCP.
• Drive and maintain contributions to the open-source community.
• Serve as the final arbiter for critical architecture decisions.
• Lead complex design reviews across storage, networking, and virtualization.
• Lead tiger teams to solve bottlenecks from kernel-level IO to global tail-latency.
• Align technical capabilities with business milestones through collaboration with leadership.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale, complex distributed cloud computing infrastructure products.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Ability to profile and optimize the entire IO path.
• Self-motivation to thrive in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of distributed state and data protection at petabyte scale.
• Mastery of professional software engineering practices for the full SDLC.
• Ability to lead initiatives such as tech talks and technical reading groups.

Nice to have

• Expertise in one or more Public Cloud offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, JAX) and MLOps.
• Experience with cutting-edge I/O architectures like DAOS or SPDK.
• Background in RDMA and high-performance networking, including SmartNICs and RoCEv2.
• Experience with highly available and scalable systems such as Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, or Kafka.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems fundamentals including CAP Theorem, Paxos/RAFT, consistent hashing, and sharding strategies.
• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.