# Staff Software Engineer, Network Automation

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $215k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Nornir, Ansible, Jinja2, Gnmi, Openconfig, Netconf, Yang, Netbox, Nautobot, Arista Eos, Juniper Junos, BGP, Evpn-Vxlan
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Design and deliver automation frameworks, observability platforms, and self-healing workflows for Crusoe's global network fleet. Requires 8+ years network engineering experience with strong Python/Go skills and expertise in model-driven automation.

## Job Description

## What You'll Be Working On

**Network Automation Platform**
- Contribute to the technical roadmap for Crusoe's automation stack, from source of truth and config generation through day-2 operations and closed-loop remediation across our global fleet

**Source of Truth**
- Help design and maintain the authoritative data model (NetBox, Nautobot, or equivalent) that drives network configuration, validation, and operational state across teams

**Intent-Based Configuration Pipelines**
- Build and maintain declarative, model-driven configuration systems using Python, Nornir, Ansible, and Jinja2, treating the network as code and eliminating configuration drift

**Model-Driven Automation**
- Contribute to Crusoe's gNMI, OpenConfig, and NETCONF/YANG strategy for telemetry collection, configuration management, and state validation across multi-vendor fabrics

**Self-Healing Workflows**
- Build and maintain event-driven auto-remediation systems that detect faults, correlate telemetry, and resolve known failure modes without human escalation

**Observability Platform**
- Help build and improve Crusoe's telemetry, metrics, alerting, and dashboarding stack including Prometheus, Grafana, and streaming gNMI collectors

**Architecture Partnership**
- Work closely with Network Architecture to ensure designs are automation-first — deployable, validatable, and operable programmatically at scale

## What You'll Bring to the Team

- 8+ years of network engineering experience with a demonstrated focus on production network automation and infrastructure as code
- Production-quality software engineering skills in Python or Go, with CI/CD integration and platform-level thinking
- Hands-on experience with model-driven automation including gNMI, OpenConfig, NETCONF, and YANG
- Experience contributing to or owning a network source of truth platform such as NetBox or Nautobot
- Strong knowledge of Arista (EOS) and/or Juniper (Junos) in leaf-spine DC fabric environments
- Solid understanding of BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP at data center scale
- Experience building or contributing to observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, and streaming telemetry tooling

## Bonus Points

- Experience with NVIDIA/Mellanox platforms in production environments
- Familiarity operating at fleet scale across thousands of network devices in multi-region environments
- Exposure to closed-loop, event-driven automation and auto-remediation systems
- Experience in hyperscale or internet-scale infrastructure (cloud providers, large CDNs, or AI/ML infrastructure companies)

## 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

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