Senior Director, Network Engineering

Responsibilities

• Setting and driving the multi-year strategy and roadmap for Crusoe's network services across data center and cloud.
• Building, leading, and growing a team of network software engineers and architects focused on performance, reliability, and automation.
• Prioritizing ruthlessly across competing demands — determining what to build, what to defer, and communicating the reasoning clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Architecting high-scale routing and segmentation using BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and software-defined networking across a distributed, multi-region footprint.
• Optimizing east-west and north-south traffic to support AI/ML training, distributed compute, and demanding customer workloads.
• Owning network uptime and performance end to end, including proactive monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Partnering with security to implement network segmentation, DDoS mitigation, and compliance with data-sovereignty and privacy requirements.

Requirements

• 15+ years engineering and operating network services, with 8+ years leading network teams at a cloud provider, hyperscaler, or high-growth infrastructure company.
• Deep command of software-defined networking, white box switches, routing, switching, fabric architecture, TCP/IP, Ethernet, QoS, and BGP.
• Proven track record scaling data center and cloud networks for high-throughput, high-availability workloads.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible and Terraform, and a bias toward automating provisioning and operations.
• A leadership style built on transparency–you communicate how your team is working, what's on track, and what's at risk without being asked.
• Results-driven and self-motivated, with the ability to drive building cloud networking software while staying technically credible with the engineers you lead.
• Clear strategic judgment paired with the discipline to build methodically rather than chase every problem at once.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience offloading network services into smart NICs or working with programmable fabrics.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes networking, overlay networks, and service meshes.
• Experience building networks for GPU-dense or AI-specific environments.
• Active collaboration with open-source networking communities.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation Range: $325,000 - $360,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers.
• 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.