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$260,000 – $340,000
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What this role is
Crusoe is seeking a visionary infrastructure architect to design the core systems powering their AI compute platform, unifying bare-metal, virtualized, and containerized workloads into a unified high-performance fabric. This role demands deep expertise in kernel internals, GPU I/O optimization, and hyperscale cloud architecture, suited for someone who has shipped production infrastructure at major cloud providers and is ready to redefine AI infrastructure design.
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What they ask for
Required
- 12+ years designing and shipping core infrastructure at a hyperscaler or HPC cloud
- Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals and virtualization (KVM, QEMU, Firecracker)
- High-performance networking expertise (RoCE v2, InfiniBand)
- Proven ability to optimize software for NVIDIA/AMD GPUs and high-speed NICs
- Experience leading cross-functional R&D teams through high-ambiguity projects to production-ready systems
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineers and executives
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Nice to have
- Patents in network virtualization, GPU scheduling, or distributed file systems
- Maintainer status or major contributions to Linux Kernel, Kubernetes, or HPC projects
- Direct experience optimizing LLM training and inference infrastructure at scale
- Peer-reviewed publications at top systems venues (OSDI, SOSP, NSDI, SC)
- Significant open-source contributions or industry white papers on distributed systems and high-performance networking