Senior Backend Software Engineer, Cloud Management
Crusoe
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 175k-210k / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
Crusoe is building the World’s Favorite AI-first Cloud infrastructure company. We’re pioneering vertically integrated, purpose-built AI infrastructure solutions trusted by Fortune 500 companies to power their most advanced AI applications. Crusoe is redefining AI cloud infrastructure, with a mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. Our AI platform is recognized as the "gold standard" for reliability and performance. Our data centers are optimized for AI workloads and are powered by clean, renewable energy
About the Role:
We are seeking talented Senior Software Engineers to design, build, and scale Crusoe Cloud’s customer-facing platforms and services. The Cloud Customer Experience (CCX) team is at the forefront of delivering a best-in-class user experience for our AI-focused cloud platform. Our mission is to provide an intuitive, seamless user flow while ensuring backend reliability and scalability that set us apart from the competition. Your work will focus on delivering highly scalable and reliable services for authentication, user management, billing, usage and much more.
What are we working on?
A day in the life:
Compensation will be paid in the range of $175,000-210,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
Crusoe is building the World’s Favorite AI-first Cloud infrastructure company. We’re pioneering vertically integrated, purpose-built AI infrastructure solutions trusted by Fortune 500 companies to power their most advanced AI applications. Crusoe is redefining AI cloud infrastructure, with a mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. Our AI platform is recognized as the "gold standard" for reliability and performance. Our data centers are optimized for AI workloads and are powered by clean, renewable energy
About the Role:
We are seeking talented Senior Software Engineers to design, build, and scale Crusoe Cloud’s customer-facing platforms and services. The Cloud Customer Experience (CCX) team is at the forefront of delivering a best-in-class user experience for our AI-focused cloud platform. Our mission is to provide an intuitive, seamless user flow while ensuring backend reliability and scalability that set us apart from the competition. Your work will focus on delivering highly scalable and reliable services for authentication, user management, billing, usage and much more.
What are we working on?
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable services that power our cloud platform’s user-facing experiences.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, like product and design, to evaluate tools, frameworks, and customer needs, creating innovative solutions that differentiate Crusoe Cloud.
- Design and build backend systems that underpin our cloud platform, covering everything from authentication flows to scalable, reliable access to infrastructure resources.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that support reliability and maintainability across the company
- Mentor engineers, enhance hiring practices, and contribute to building a strong, inclusive engineering culture.
A day in the life:
- Design and Deliver Customer Solutions: Build scalable, reliable cloud services, such as user access management, Gateways, user features, and notification systems, tailored to customer needs.
- Focus on Customer Empowerment: Partner with customer success and operations teams to create intuitive tools that enhance the end-user experience.
- Automate and Optimize: Develop automation software that simplifies infrastructure deployment and management for seamless customer operations.
- Innovate: Implement features that differentiate Crusoe Cloud, focusing on operational efficiency, low-touch adoption, turn-key AI services and scalability.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with cloud support, engineering, and site reliability teams to align technical solutions with customer feedback and operational goals.
- Mentor and Lead: Guide engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and best practices, fostering a culture of technical excellence and customer-centricity.
- Customer-Centric Mindset: A passion for creating intuitive, high-quality solutions that directly impact customer success and satisfaction. Any experience building out infrastructure tooling is a plus
- Professional Experience: 5+ years of software development experience, including programming with modern compiled languages such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++.
- Cloud Expertise: Proven ability to design and scale fault-tolerant distributed systems and develop managed cloud services.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, microservices, and infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD systems.
- Collaboration Skills: Ability to work with cross-functional teams to align priorities and deliver customer-first solutions.
- Mentorship Abilities: Experience guiding engineers, improving hiring and onboarding processes, and driving team growth.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to articulate complex ideas and align technical solutions with customer needs.
- Industry competitive pay
- Restricted Stock Units in a fast-growing, well-funded technology company
- Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
- Employer contributions to HSA accounts
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Teladoc
- 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Subscription to the Calm app
- MetLife Legal
- Company paid commuter benefit; $300 per month
Compensation will be paid in the range of $175,000-210,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.