Senior Software Engineer, Network Tooling

Role description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build a platform for network tooling that supports edge, backbone, and data center operations and deployment tasks at Crusoe Cloud, a leading cloud provider. This role is central to how Crusoe Cloud manages and operates its network infrastructure across diverse environments, providing the tooling that operations and engineering teams rely on to deploy, monitor, and maintain the network reliably at scale.

What You Will Do

Design and develop systems that manage network state for Crusoe Cloud, including network provisioning, configuration management, topology/routing state, and control plane APIs that other teams and systems rely on. Contribute to and help drive engineering efforts to scale control plane systems reliably as Crusoe Cloud grows, handling increasing network scale, device counts, and infrastructure complexity.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate is an experienced distributed systems engineer who thrives on solving hard scalability and reliability problems at scale, enjoys mentoring other engineers, and wants ownership over infrastructure that's mission critical to a fast growing cloud provider.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, building backend systems in production.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language such as Go, Rust, C++, Java, or Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: consensus, state reconciliation, fault tolerance, and high availability design.
• Track record of designing and building scalable, reliable APIs or services used by multiple teams.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating cross functionally with product, operations, and other engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• 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
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance