# Principal Software Engineer

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $256K-$320K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Software Architecture, Code Review, Mentorship, Technical Assessments, Scalability, Reliability, System Design, Cross-Team Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-26

> Principal Software Engineer designing and scaling Crusoe's carbon-reducing cloud platform. Evaluates tools and frameworks, advocates for forward-thinking architecture, writes code, reviews PRs, and mentors engineers.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Be Working On
- Collaborate closely with our customer success and product teams to understand the "why" behind our products, not just the "what."
- Evaluate new services, frameworks, and tools for the engineering teams, considering factors like reliability, scalability, cost, and ease of adoption.
- Advocate for forward-thinking architecture and solutions that reduce frictions, increase efficiency, and establish reliable and scalable patterns across the engineering teams.
- Write technical architecture designs, contribute code, and review merge requests.
- Develop and refine technical assessments to aid in our hiring process and mentor other engineers, helping them grow in their careers.

## What You’ll Bring to the Team
- The ability to act as a mentor for junior engineers, providing guidance on design proposals and conducting thorough code reviews to ensure quality.
- A passion for leading by example and fostering an environment of innovation and high-quality software engineering practices.
- Experience with a wide range of tools and technologies, and the ability to evaluate them for reliability, scalability, operational costs, and other key factors.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across different teams to achieve shared goals and optimize the customer experience.

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off & paid holidays
- 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

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