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Principal Systems Software Architect

Crusoe · San Francisco, CA - US

InfrastructureonsitePrincipal$260k–$340k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Serve as visionary lead for Crusoe's next-generation AI infrastructure fabric.
  • Bridge silicon and software to push massive training workloads to hardware limits.
  • Draft white papers and RFCs defining the next two years of compute stack.

What they offer

  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off & paid holidays
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
  • Employer HSA contributions
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life insurance and short/long-term disability
  • Professional development & tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health & wellness support
  • Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) with 4% company match
  • Volunteer time off

Ideal candidate

Industry-recognized systems visionary with hyperscale experience who thrives on unsolved I/O challenges and unifying hardware and software. You communicate complex ideas clearly and want to shape the future of AI infrastructure at startup speed.

Requirements

  • 12+ years designing and shipping core infrastructure at a major hyperscaler or specialized HPC cloud
  • Authoritative knowledge of Linux kernel and virtualization internals (KVM, QEMU, Firecracker)
  • Expertise in high-performance networking including RoCE v2 and InfiniBand
  • Proven hardware-software co-design experience maximizing performance
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
  • Ability to explain memory-mapped I/O to engineers and fabric value to executives

Lab profile

About Crusoe

Vertically integrated AI infrastructure company powering ambitious AI workloads from electrons to tokens.

What they build

  • Crusoe Cloud for AI workloads
  • Purpose-built AI data centers
  • Managed GPU infrastructure

Known for

  • Vertically integrated from electrons to tokens
  • Owns and operates full infrastructure stack
  • Built for large-scale AI workloads

Key facts

  • Founded in 2018
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, CA
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