Senior Staff Software Engineer, Storage DPU

Role description

Role Overview

Join Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company, to build the future of energy and intelligence. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will own the storage stack's use of DPUs and related hardware offload to move work off the host CPU and onto purpose-built silicon.

What You Will Do

Design and implement software that offloads storage-protocol work from the host CPU onto DPUs/SmartNICs, integrate control-plane and data-plane software, and partner with storage-networking and Compute/Hypervisor teams.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, direct experience with SmartNICs/DPUs, and working knowledge of NVMe-oF, RDMA/RoCE/InfiniBand, and storage protocols. You will work across team boundaries and have a strong Linux systems background.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep, hands-on systems-level programming (C, C++, or Rust)
• Production experience in Go, Java, or similar for control-plane/orchestration work
• Direct, hands-on experience with SmartNICs/DPUs in production
• Working knowledge of NVMe-oF, RDMA/RoCE/InfiniBand, and storage protocols
• Experience with kernel-bypass and hardware-offload techniques
• Strong Linux systems background
• Experience contributing to at least one of file, block, or object storage systems
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

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
• Additional perks & programs specific to location