Crusoe
Staff Production Engineer, Compute
San Francisco, CA - US · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$209k-$253kDetected 8 days ago
Cloud PlatformsCI/CDLinuxSite Reliability EngineeringProblem Solving
About the role
- This role is centered on supporting virtualization, hypervisor, and kernel-level performance for Crusoe's compute infrastructure.
- You'll play a vital role in deploying and optimizing bare-metal and virtualized compute platforms, ensuring performance, security, and scale for modern AI and HPC workloads.
- A key focus will be on optimizing performance for AI and HPC workloads across CPU, GPU, and DPU/NIC resources.
Responsibilities
- Additionally, you will work closely with platform teams to implement and validate support for emerging compute hardware, including SmartNICs, BlueField devices, and TPUs.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Linux kernel internals, with exposure to scheduler, memory allocation, and driver subsystems.
- Experience with virtualization architectures and technologies such as KVM, Xen, QEMU, or VMware.
- Familiarity with SmartNICs/DPUs (e.g., NVIDIA CX6/7, BlueField-3) and kernel bypass techniques.
Nice to have
- Experience porting or maintaining custom Linux distributions or kernels for specific platforms.
- Exposure to AI model infrastructure and workload orchestration across GPU clusters.
- Contributions to Linux kernel, KVM, or other low-level infrastructure projects.
Skills
- Experience with system-level debugging, including kdump, kexec, and kernel panic analysis.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tooling and CI/CD practices for bare-metal or cloud infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of compute scheduling, resource management, and high-throughput networking.
- Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
- The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck.
Compensation
- Compensation will be paid in the range of $209,000 - $253,000 + Bonus.
- Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Benefits
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off & paid holidays
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Company info
- 8+ years of professional experience in Compute SRE, Linux system engineering, or compute infrastructure roles.
Equal opportunity
- Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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 st
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