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Senior Engineering Manager, SDN Control Plane

Crusoe

San Francisco, CA · Senior

$250,000 – $300,000

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What this role is

Lead the design and operation of the software-defined networking control plane that manages virtual networking across Crusoe's large-scale GPU clusters. This role suits experienced distributed systems managers who want hands-on technical leadership on infrastructure serving AI workloads at scale.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 10+ years distributed systems or cloud networking engineering experience
  • 5-7+ years managing senior/staff-level engineers
  • Deep knowledge of SDN and network virtualization including overlay networking, VPC constructs, and routing protocols
  • Hands-on experience building large-scale control planes with state reconciliation and API design
  • Strong understanding of operating multi-tenant cloud services with focus on SLOs and reliability

Nice to have

  • Experience with DPU or SmartNIC-programmed dataplanes
  • Experience with cloud load balancing or NAT at scale
  • Network security policy engine experience
  • Open-source contributions to OVN, OVS, or SDN projects

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