Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation

Crusoe

$215K — $260K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in building and owning production software.
  • Ability to scope and execute ambiguous projects with limited direction.
  • Full-stack engineering capabilities, including user interfaces and backend services.
  • Strong SQL skills and data modeling knowledge for effective data navigation.
  • Product-focused mindset with the ability to collaborate with non-engineers.
  • Skilled in rapid delivery while ensuring correctness and usability.
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools and frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Embed with stakeholders to analyze workflows and identify automation opportunities.
  • Build interactive applications that take action based on data analysis.
  • Automate workflows to minimize manual effort while maintaining necessary human oversight.
  • Own projects from initial scope to deployment and iterative improvements.
  • Contribute to the internal platform by creating reusable components and integrations.
  • Ensure reliability and governance of tools for operational use.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages.
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance.
  • Paid time off, holidays, and family leave programs.
  • Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
  • Wellness support including mental health resources.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match of up to 4%.
  • Daily meal allowance and commuter benefits.
  • Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
Full Job Description
About the Role:

As a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you will embed with another Crusoe team, such as SRE, Finance, Sales, People Ops, or a product group. You will learn how they operate and build software that helps them take the next action, not just describe the problem. This is a forward-deployed engineering role serving internal teams. Your customer is a Crusoe team. Your product is the application, automation, or agent that makes their work faster, clearer, and more dependable. Success is measured by adoption and by the time and effort you return to the team. This is also a new function. You will be one of its first engineers and will help shape how it operates.

Several capabilities have matured recently. Modern BI tools now support write-back, so dashboards can update real records instead of only displaying them. Company data and operational context are reachable by AI agents through governed interfaces. Automation platforms and a shared library of reusable skills let you connect actions across many source systems, including CRM, support, infrastructure inventory, and the data warehouse.

Together, these capabilities allow an embedded engineer to deliver interactive tooling in days instead of quarters. We are looking for engineers who want to use that leverage to help internal teams move faster with confidence.

What You'll Be Working On:
  • Embed with a stakeholder team. Participate in their rituals, observe manual workflows, and identify high-leverage work that software can remove.
  • Build applications. Build interactive tools that take action: read data, apply decisions, and write results back to systems of record.
  • Automate real workflows. Replace repetitive work with pipelines and agents that run independently and involve a person when judgment is required.
  • Own the work end to end. Scope problems with stakeholders, then build, deploy, measure adoption, and iterate. You are accountable for outcomes, with support from partner teams.
  • Contribute to the platform. Turn reusable parts of your work, such as skills, integrations, or UI patterns, into shared building blocks that accelerate future engagements.
  • Keep it correct. Build on sources of truth, respect governance and access controls, and make tooling reliable enough for daily operational use.


What You'll Bring to the Team:
  • 8+ years building and owning production software. You write clean code, ship it, and remain accountable for it in production.
  • Staff-level scope and judgment. You can take an ambiguous, greenfield charter and turn it into a plan and shipped software with limited direction. You raise technical standards and help engineers around you grow.
  • Full-stack engineering skill. You can build user-facing interfaces, backend services and APIs, and the supporting data layer.
  • Strong SQL and data modeling. You can navigate a data warehouse, reason about pipelines, and validate numbers before relying on them.
  • Product mindset and stakeholder fluency. You collaborate well with non-engineers, translate manual processes into clear tools, and push back when a request is not the right solution.
  • Fast delivery with attention to correctness. You get a useful version in front of users quickly, then harden it thoughtfully. You maintain a clear standard for completion.
  • Comfort with AI-assisted development. You use LLM agents and automation platforms effectively, and understand where guardrails are required.
  • Strong ownership. You measure success by whether stakeholder work becomes easier, faster, and more reliable.

Bonus Points
  • Experience as a forward-deployed, solutions, or embedded engineer.
  • Prior BI or analytics engineering work with tools such as Sigma, Looker, dbt, or Tableau.
  • Familiarity with automation platforms such as Workato or n8n.
  • Experience building on MCP, agent frameworks, or LLM tool use.
  • Comfort in an early-stage environment with a high degree of ambiguity.


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


Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $215,000 -$260,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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