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Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Crusoe · San Francisco, CA - US · Sunnyvale, CA - US · Bellevue, WA - US

Pay
$170k–$205k
Workplace
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Experience
5+ years
Posted

About the role

Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering at Crusoe in San Francisco, CA - US and 2 more. On-site, full-time, paying $170k–$205k. Posted November 2, 2026.

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

About the Role

Crusoe's Platform Engineering team builds the services that automate how we manage our cloud fleet. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and ship modular microservices on top of our underlying infrastructure, turning stakeholder requirements into platform capabilities that directly drive feature delivery and revenue.

What You'll Be Working On

  • Design, build, and operate microservices that automate fleet provisioning, lifecycle, and capacity management

  • Extend existing platform services with new features that directly drive customer-facing delivery

  • Turn ambiguous stakeholder requirements into clear, modular designs and drive them to production

  • Build on GCP and managed Kubernetes, working closely with infrastructure and cross-functional teams

  • Own the reliability and observability of the services you ship

What You'll Bring to the Team

  • 5+ years building and operating production backend or platform services

  • Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Go, Python, Java, or C#

  • Experience designing microservices and APIs (gRPC/REST) in distributed systems

  • Hands-on experience with Postgres and event-driven systems such as Kafka

  • A track record of leading projects end-to-end and raising the bar for engineers around you

Bonus Points

  • Experience building on GCP, AWS, or managed Kubernetes

  • Capacity management or fleet/hardware lifecycle experience

  • Neocloud or GPU cloud infrastructure experience

  • Experience with Go

  • Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana)

Benefits

  • 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; $300 per month

Compensation

Compensation will be paid in the range of $170,000 - $205,000. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, 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.

Prefer to apply yourself? Apply on Crusoe’s site

Quick answers

How much does this Crusoe job pay?

The posted pay is $170k–$205k.

Where is this job based?

San Francisco, CA - US and 2 more. The role is on-site.

How much experience do you need?

The posting asks for 5+ years.

How do you apply?

Apply on Crusoe’s site using the link on this page. With a free Jobmagic account you can see how well you fit first.

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