Senior Staff Software Engineer, Storage

Crusoe is an active AI-infrastructure company operating an AI cloud platform, managed AI services, and AI data-center infrastructure.

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Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

Denver, United States
About Crusoe, Inc.

Crusoe designs, builds, and operates energy-first AI infrastructure. Its offerings include Crusoe Cloud for GPU-based training, fine-tuning, inference, and managed services, alongside AI-optimized data centers and energy infrastructure.

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About the Role

Define the long-term technical strategy for a cloud storage engine and drive its architectural roadmap. Build storage foundations with C, C++, Go, or Rust, work with storage protocols, lead critical architecture decisions, solve performance bottlenecks across distributed clusters, and collaborate with executive leadership and product teams.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed cloud computing infrastructure products
  • Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
  • Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of distributed state and data protection at petabyte scale
  • Mastery of professional software engineering practices across the full SDLC
  • Ability to lead initiatives across the engineering organization
  • Experience with C, C++, Go, and/or Rust

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for the storage engine
  • Identify industry trends and integrate them into the storage roadmap
  • Build the foundations of the storage re-architecture
  • Architect and implement NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe/TCP solutions
  • Drive and maintain open-source contributions
  • Serve as the final arbiter for critical architecture decisions
  • Lead complex design reviews across storage, networking, and virtualization
  • Lead teams solving performance bottlenecks
  • Align technical capabilities with business milestones

Benefits

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