Senior Engineering Manager, Compute

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Compute Data Plane team building VM and bare-metal host lifecycle infrastructure
• Own reliability, performance, and scalability of compute systems at scale
• Drive technical strategy for hypervisor management, host provisioning pipelines, and control plane integration
• Define and execute the compute data plane roadmap aligned with fleet growth and product goals
• Partner with networking, storage, GPU platform, and infrastructure reliability teams
• Establish engineering best practices, on-call culture, and operational rigor
• Hire, develop, and retain engineers; represent the team in technical and leadership forums

Requirements

• 8+ years of software or systems engineering experience with 3+ years in engineering management
• Deep technical background in hypervisor internals (KVM/QEMU), Linux systems, bare-metal provisioning, or distributed systems
• Experience building or operating large-scale compute infrastructure in cloud, HPC, or hyperscaler environments
• Track record of delivering reliable, high-availability infrastructure systems at scale
• Strong systems thinking across the full stack from hardware to control plane
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in fast-moving environments
• Experience managing senior engineers and setting technical direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GPU infrastructure or accelerated compute workloads
• Familiarity with OpenStack, cloud-init, iPXE, or similar provisioning tooling
• Background in infrastructure at an IaaS cloud provider
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation-first operational models

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, Restricted Stock Units, and performance bonus
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with HSA contributions
• Paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off
• Life insurance and short-term/long-term disability coverage
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• Mental health and wellness support, commuter benefits, and cell phone stipend
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4%

About the Company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company owns and operates the full stack—from electrons to tokens—to power ambitious AI workloads with an energy-first approach.