# Staff Software Engineer, Crusoe Container Registry

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $215k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Go, Rust, Java, C++, Oci, Container Registries, Caching, Benchmarking, Performance Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Own the architecture, performance, reliability, and scaling roadmap for Crusoe Cloud’s container registry. The role requires deep distributed-systems experience, hands-on cloud-native infrastructure expertise, and a strong record of technical leadership and mentorship.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Set the architecture and scaling roadmap for Crusoe Cloud's container registry.
- Establish technical patterns and standards while maintaining long-term scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Drive high-impact changes from design through production.
- Develop performance strategies, profile and benchmark systems, and optimize latency, throughput, caching, and resource usage.
- Own critical systems through operational pressure, including difficult tradeoffs and incident response.
- Raise the team's technical bar through architecture, design, code review, mentorship, and hiring.
- Influence designs across adjacent teams and align with product and cross-functional partners.
- Lead the technical response when systems fail.

## Requirements
- Proven success designing, scaling, and hardening distributed systems in high-load production environments.
- Deep practical experience profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing distributed systems.
- Experience owning critical systems from design through production.
- Customer-focused approach with the ability to translate customer needs into codebase changes.
- Strong fundamentals in microservices and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Proficiency in one or more of Go, Rust, Java, or C++.
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly with technical and non-technical partners.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including building and operating distributed systems.

## Nice to Have
- Familiarity with OCI image and distribution specifications.
- Experience building container registry products.
- Experience with storage or caching systems at scale.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation range of up to $215,000–$260,000 plus bonus.
- Restricted Stock Units included in all offers.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave of absence programs.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer HSA contributions.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Commuter benefits.
- Cell phone stipend.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
- Volunteer time off.
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
- Daily meals allowance.
- Additional location-specific perks and programs.

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