Principal Software Engineer - Storage

Crusoe Energy is on a mission to unlock value in stranded energy resources through the power of computation.

Take a look at what we do! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlt8k71Quqw and https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/saving-the-planet-with-better-ai-data-centers-with-crusoe-ceo-chase-lochmiller 

We aim to align the long term interests of the climate with the future of global computing infrastructure. As data centers consume an exponentially growing power footprint to deliver technology to all connected devices, we are inspired by making sure that the energy meeting that demand is sourced in an environmentally responsible fashion. Crusoe co-locates mobile data centers with stranded energy resources, like flare gas and underloaded renewables, to deliver low-cost, carbon-negative distributed computing solutions. Crusoe Cloud is a managed cloud services platform powered by stranded energy that enables climate-friendly innovation in computationally intensive fields including artificial intelligence, graphics rendering, and similar High Performance Compute workloads. 

We are pioneering advancements in the networking and cloud space, with a focus on AI and ML. We are seeking a seasoned software architect/engineer with a deep passion for building distributed and scalable, high performance storage systems with significant experience contributing to IaaS, Cloud Native Storage Solutions.

Join us to shape the future of High Performance Storage at Crusoe Cloud.

About the Role:

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Cloud Storage team, you will lead the development and execution of our storage strategy. You will work extensively with cloud storage primitives, utilizing advanced storage engineering concepts to drive innovation and performance improvements.

A Day In The Life:

• Develop and execute the roadmap for the storage strategy at Crusoe Cloud.

• Serve as an engineering lead for the Cloud Storage team, collaborating with technology and engineering leadership to define and implement the long-term strategy for the team.

• Be highly hands-on, guiding the engineering team through architecture decisions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks.

• Collaborate with the infrastructure organization to develop industry-leading storage infrastructure.

• Lead file system development, storage architecture design, production support, and cross-functional collaboration.

You Will Thrive In This Role If You Have:

• Proven experience in system programming with C, C++, and/or Rust.

• Extensive knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and computer architecture.

• Ability to design and develop distributed cloud storage solutions and features across the stack

• Experience building redundant and fault tolerant storage solutions with backups, replication, encryption and data protection mechanisms

• Hands-on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems.

• In-depth understanding in at least one of block storage, object storage, and/or file storage.

• Familiarity with storage protocols like NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF.

• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

• Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong fundamentals in physical and software defined networking concepts.

  • Background in kernel or embedded development, particularly with the Linux kernel.

  • Exposure to Kubernetes CSI and cloud-native storage solutions.

  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling with any of Ansible, Chef, Puppet and/or Terraform

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

  • Programming experience in  Java or Go.

  • Proven leadership experience in a technical role.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • 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 period

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of $245-320k base. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe Energy 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.