# Senior Director, Network Engineering

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $325k – $360k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** BGP, evpn, vxlan, software-defined networking, white box switches, routing, switching, fabric architecture, TCP/IP, ethernet, qos, Ansible, Terraform, kubernetes networking, service meshes
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> Lead a 40-person network engineering organization to architect, scale, and operate the high-performance network backbone powering Crusoe's massive AI compute platform, including multi-year strategy, routing/segmentation, traffic optimization, and uptime ownership. Requires 15+ years network engineering experience with 8+ years leading teams at hyperscalers.

## Job Description

## 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.

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