Staff Software Engineer (Storage)

• The Cloud Storage team at Crusoe seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and execution of our storage strategy
• This role will be instrumental in driving innovation and performance improvements within our cloud storage infrastructure
• You will work extensively with cloud storage primitives, utilizing advanced storage engineering concepts to build and operate high-performance, scalable, and reliable storage solutions
• Lead engineering efforts on cloud storage features by collaborating with product and engineering to define and execute features on the roadmap
• Write and review code, generate and review design documentation. Participate in qualifications and rollouts of software across the stack journeying from bare metal to user-facing APIs
• Guide the engineering team through architecture decisions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks
• Mentor and grow engineers on your team, fostering an environment of teamwork and continuous learning
• Champion and lead initiatives across the engineering organization such as tech talks, open source development, and book clubs
• Benchmark, analyze, and improve scale, performance, and resiliency issues

Benefits

• Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
• Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
• 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
• Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life’s challenges

• Safety and Compliance: Must be able to pass a background check
• Software Engineering Fundamentals: Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Cloud Storage Expertise: Hands-on experience building and operating large scale, complex distributed cloud computing infrastructure products. Preferably, experience building redundant and fault tolerant storage solutions with backups, replication, encryption, and data protection mechanisms
• Technical Proficiency: Strong experience with at least one application programming language like Java or Go. Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling with any of Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and/or Terraform. Knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and computer architecture
• Storage Technologies: Hands-on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems
• Open Source Contributions: Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS)
• Storage Protocols: In-depth understanding in at least one of block storage, object storage, and/or file storage. Familiarity with storage protocols like NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF
• System Programming: Proven experience in system programming with C, C++, and/or Rust
• Networking: An understanding of physical and software-defined networking concepts
• Education: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field