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Senior Production Engineer, Compute

Crusoe

Sunnyvale, CA · Senior

$170,000 – $205,000

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What this role is

Crusoe is seeking a production engineer to optimize their AI infrastructure's compute layer, working on virtualization, kernel performance, and bare-metal systems at scale. This role suits someone with deep Linux systems expertise who wants to solve infrastructure challenges in a high-growth company focused on sustainable AI infrastructure.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years in Compute SRE, Linux system engineering, or compute infrastructure
  • Strong proficiency in Linux kernel internals including scheduler and memory allocation
  • Experience with virtualization architectures like KVM, Xen, QEMU, or VMware
  • Expert-level proficiency in Go, C, or Rust
  • Experience with system-level debugging including kdump and kexec
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tooling and CI/CD for infrastructure

Nice to have

  • Experience porting or maintaining custom Linux distributions or kernels
  • Exposure to AI model infrastructure and GPU cluster orchestration
  • Contributions to Linux kernel, KVM, or other low-level infrastructure projects
  • Familiarity with SmartNICs/DPUs like NVIDIA CX6/7 and kernel bypass techniques
  • Understanding of compute scheduling and high-throughput networking

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