# Senior Engineering Manager, Compute
**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA
**Salary:** $237K-$288K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, C/C++, Rust, Linux, Kvm, Qemu, Numa, GPU, Tpu, Smartnics, InfiniBand, Roce, SRE
**Posted:** 2026-03-25
> Leads engineering team building and optimizing compute infrastructure for AI cloud, including bare-metal orchestration, hypervisor tuning (KVM/QEMU), kernel optimization, and GPU clusters. Requires 5+ years engineering management experience with systems programming in Go/C++/Rust and Linux internals.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Be Working On

### Team Leadership & Growth
- Hire, mentor, and scale a world-class team of engineers
- Define performance expectations, foster a culture of technical excellence, and build career growth paths for your direct reports

### Compute Infrastructure Strategy
- Lead the development and optimization of Crusoe’s compute stack, from bare-metal orchestration to hypervisor tuning (**KVM/QEMU**) and kernel subsystems (**NUMA**, memory management, scheduling)

### High-Performance AI Optimization
- Collaborate with hardware and networking teams to optimize performance for massive **GPU/TPU** clusters, **SmartNICs**, and high-speed interconnects

### Operational Excellence
- Oversee the reliability and scalability of our compute services
- Guide the team through complex distributed systems challenges and ensure high availability across our global data center footprint

### Cross-Functional Roadmap
- Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering (**SRE**) to define and execute a roadmap that balances rapid innovation with the stability of a "gold standard" cloud provider

## What You’ll Bring to the Team

- **Leadership Experience**: 5+ years of experience in engineering management, specifically leading teams that build distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or high-performance computing platforms
- **Technical Depth**: A strong background in systems programming (**Go**, **C/C++**, or **Rust**) and a deep understanding of **Linux** internals and virtualization technologies
- **Execution at Scale**: Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity and deliver mission-critical software in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- **Strategic Mindset**: You can bridge the gap between low-level technical trade-offs and high-level business goals, clearly communicating complex concepts to stakeholders
- **Passion for Sustainability**: A genuine interest in Crusoe’s mission to reduce the environmental impact of the AI revolution

**Bonus Points**:
- Experience at a major Cloud Service Provider (**CSP**) or in a high-scale AI infrastructure company
- Familiarity with **GPU**-based workloads, **InfiniBand**, or **RoCE** networking
- Contributions to open-source projects in the **Linux kernel** or virtualization space

## 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

## Compensation
Compensation will be paid in the range of **$237,000 - $288,000 + Bonus**. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
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