Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Managed Platform Services

San Francisco, CA · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal

$250,000 – $300,000

Listed on Crusoe’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Crusoe seeks a senior staff engineer to serve as a floating technical leader across their managed platform services organization, tackling problems from data center automation to distributed systems reliability and new product exploration. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable with ambiguity and context-switching who can drive technical outcomes across organizational boundaries and mentor others.

Our summary, not Crusoe’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

10+ years of software development experience
Significant time at staff level or above
Hands-on expertise designing and operating distributed systems at scale
Proficiency in Go or a modern compiled language
Cloud-native infrastructure experience
Customer-facing on-call experience
Ability to drive technical outcomes across org boundaries without formal authority
Exemplary communication skills

Nice to have

Go strongly preferred over other compiled languages
Experience with rapid prototyping across multiple technologies
Experience using AI tools to accelerate development
Product instincts and ability to engage in ambiguous product spaces
Experience migrating between orchestration platforms