2 months ago
Base Salary
$260k - $340k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect a unified infrastructure spanning Bare-Metal-as-a-Service, Intelligent IaaS, and Elastic CaaS.
- Design zero-latency InfiniBand/RDMA fabrics for massive-scale AI training workloads.
- Build thin KVM or custom micro-VM virtualization layers with enterprise-grade isolation.
- Develop a high-performance Kubernetes or Slurm container substrate for heterogeneous GPU clusters.
- Define the cloud fabric roadmap for SR-IOV, RDMA, virtualized GPU scheduling, memory, networking, and compute management.
- Advise executive leadership on hardware-software co-design decisions while leading hands-on R&D teams.
- Draft white papers and RFCs defining Crusoe’s compute and networking stack.
- Debug complex I/O-path race conditions and optimize kernel-level memory pinning for GPU clusters.
- Represent Crusoe in open-source communities and industry forums.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience designing and shipping core infrastructure at a major hyperscaler or specialized HPC cloud.
- Authoritative knowledge of the Linux kernel, virtualization internals including KVM, QEMU, and Firecracker, and high-performance networking including RoCE v2 and InfiniBand.
- Experience designing software to maximize NVIDIA and AMD GPU and high-speed NIC performance.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams through ambiguous projects and delivering production-ready, mission-critical systems.
- A portfolio of significant patents, open-source contributions, or published research in distributed systems is expected or beneficial.
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related analytical field, or equivalent professional experience, is required.
- Preferred qualifications include patents, Linux Kernel or Kubernetes maintainership, large-scale LLM training and inference optimization, peer-reviewed systems publications, IETF RFCs, and significant open-source or industry white-paper contributions.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, restricted stock units, paid time off, and paid holidays.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, plus employer HSA contributions.
- Paid parental leave, paid life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional development, tuition reimbursement, mental health and wellness support, commuter benefits, and a cell phone stipend.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary and volunteer time off.
Tech Stack
About Crusoe
Crusoe builds and operates GPU-powered data centers and an AI cloud platform for enterprises running large-scale AI training and inference. It vertically integrates energy supply with compute, using stranded and renewable power to reduce emissions and costs, and sells capacity via cloud services and managed infrastructure. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, the company is privately held.