Senior Software Engineer (Platform Networking)

Join Crusoe Cloud, a leading cloud provider, as a Senior Software Engineer. In this role, you will design and develop systems that manage network state, contribute to scaling control plane systems, mentor fellow engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams. You will have end-to-end ownership of initiatives and advocate for modern software development practices. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, proficiency in a modern backend language, and a solid understanding of distributed systems concepts.

• Design and develop systems that manage network state, including provisioning, configuration management, and control plane APIs.
• Contribute to engineering efforts to scale control plane systems reliably, handling increasing network scale and infrastructure complexity.
• Mentor fellow engineers, uphold high standards in design and implementation, and provide guidance on technical assessments and code reviews.

• The ideal candidate is an experienced distributed systems engineer who thrives on solving hard scalability and reliability problems at scale, enjoys mentoring other engineers, and wants ownership over infrastructure that's mission critical to a fast growing cloud provider
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating cross functionally with product, operations, and other engineering teams
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language such as Go, Rust, C++, Java, or Python
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: consensus, state reconciliation, fault tolerance, and high availability design
• Track record of designing and building scalable, reliable APIs or services used by multiple teams
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, building backend systems in production
• Experience with networking software, protocols, or control plane systems (e.g., routing, switching, BGP, SDN)
• Experience at a cloud provider, hyperscaler, or large scale data center operator
• Familiarity with network telemetry/management protocols such as gNMI, gRPC, or NETCONF
• Experience with Kubernetes based orchestration or building custom controllers/operators
• Contributions to open source infrastructure or networking projects

USD 170,000 - 205,000