Staff Software Engineer, Storage

Company: Crusoe Energy Systems LLC
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: January 27, 2025

Job Description:

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 This Role: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.What You'll Be Working On:

• Lead engineering efforts on cloud storage features: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define, design, and execute features on the cloud storage roadmap.
• Develop and maintain cloud storage infrastructure: Write, review, and deploy high-quality code. Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design and development to testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Guide and mentor engineering teams: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers. Foster a collaborative and learning-oriented team environment.
• Drive architectural decisions: Lead and participate in architectural design reviews and discussions.
• Improve system performance and reliability: Conduct performance analysis, identify and resolve scalability and resiliency issues, and implement optimizations.
• Champion engineering best practices: Advocate for and implement best practices across the engineering organization, including code reviews, testing methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Shape the future of cloud storage: Play a key role in defining the long-term roadmap for cloud storage products and technologies.What You'll Bring to the Team:
  • Strong engineering fundamentals: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with proven expertise in Java or Go.
  • Cloud infrastructure experience: Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale, complex distributed cloud computing infrastructure products.
  • Storage systems expertise: Experience building redundant and fault-tolerant storage solutions, including knowledge of concepts such as backups, replication, encryption, and data protection mechanisms.
  • Systems knowledge: In-depth understanding of Linux Systems Internals, computer architecture, and networking concepts.
  • Infrastructure as Code experience: Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Terraform.
  • Software engineering best practices: Strong understanding of software development lifecycle principles, including coding standards, code reviews, testing, and source control management.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Ability to effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
  • Safety and Compliance: This position may require participation in safety-sensitive programs as determined by the company.Bonus Points:
    • Hands-on experience with storage technologies: Experience with NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems.
    • Deep storage expertise: In-depth understanding of block storage, object storage, and/or file storage.
    • Storage protocol knowledge: Familiarity with storage protocols such as NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF.
    • Open source contributions: Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS).
    • System programming experience: Proficiency in C, C++, or Rust.
    • Advanced degree: 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 periodCompensation:Compensation will be paid in the range of $155,000 - $250,000 base salary. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation will be determined based on the applicant's knowledge, education, experience, and skills, 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.
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