5-7 years of experience in cloud storage and distributed systems
Proficient in software engineering best practices and full development lifecycle
Strong coding skills in Java or Go; familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Ability to pass a background check
Responsibilities
Lead engineering initiatives for cloud storage features in collaboration with product teams
Write, review, and document code and design specifications
Guide architecture decisions and oversee design and code reviews
Mentor team members to promote continuous learning and teamwork
Champion engineering initiatives like tech talks and open source projects
Analyze and enhance performance, scalability, and resiliency of storage solutions
Benefits
Competitive compensation and equity packages
Paid time off, holidays, and leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA accounts
Paid parental leave and life insurance
Professional development and tuition reimbursement
Mental health and wellness support
Commuter benefits and cell phone stipend
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Volunteer time off and global travel insurance
Daily meals allowance and location-specific perks
Full Job Description
About the Role:
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.
What You'll Be Working On:
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.
What You'll Bring to the Team:
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.
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.
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.
Communication & Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Safety and Compliance: Must be able to pass a background check.
Bonus Points
Storage Technologies: Hands-on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems.
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.
Open Source Contributions: Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS).
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.
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 $195,000-$245,000 + 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.
