Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute
Description For Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute
Crusoe is revolutionizing AI cloud infrastructure by building sustainable, high-performance computing solutions. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on Compute, you'll be instrumental in developing and optimizing the company's virtualization and compute infrastructure. The role combines deep technical expertise in Linux kernel internals, virtualization technologies, and system optimization with a focus on supporting modern AI and HPC workloads.
You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including SmartNICs, BlueField devices, and TPUs, while being responsible for critical infrastructure components from the kernel to orchestration layers. The position requires strong programming skills in languages like C, Go, or Rust, and extensive experience with system-level debugging and performance optimization.
The company offers a comprehensive benefits package including equity, competitive salary, and various health and wellness benefits. Working in a hybrid environment in San Francisco, you'll be part of a team that's setting new standards in sustainable AI infrastructure. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact at a well-funded technology company that's aligned with both technological advancement and environmental responsibility.
The role is perfect for an experienced SRE who is passionate about infrastructure optimization, has deep Linux expertise, and wants to work on challenging problems at the intersection of AI, cloud computing, and sustainability. You'll be contributing to a platform that's considered the "gold standard" for reliability and performance in AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities For Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute
- Develop automation and observability tools to monitor compute infrastructure
- Support and scale virtualization stack including KVM, QEMU, and other hypervisors
- Collaborate with Linux kernel and hardware teams to resolve performance bottlenecks
- Optimize performance for AI and HPC workloads across CPU, GPU, and DPU/NIC resources
- Perform root cause analysis for kernel crashes and hardware-software integration problems
- Integrate hypervisor-level enhancements for guest VM reliability and workload isolation
- Tune kernel subsystems including process scheduler, NUMA configuration, and memory management
- Implement and validate support for emerging compute hardware
Requirements For Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute
- 5+ years of professional experience in SRE, Linux system engineering, or compute infrastructure roles
- Strong proficiency in Linux kernel internals, with exposure to scheduler, memory allocation, and driver subsystems
- Experience with virtualization architectures and technologies such as KVM, Xen, QEMU, or VMware
- Familiarity with SmartNICs/DPUs and kernel bypass techniques
- Expert-level skills in at least one programming language: C, Go, or Rust
- Experience with system-level debugging, including kdump, kexec, and kernel panic analysis
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tooling and CI/CD practices
- Strong understanding of compute scheduling, resource management, and high-throughput networking
Benefits For Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute
- Hybrid work schedule
- Industry competitive pay
- Restricted Stock Units
- Health insurance package (HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental)
- Employer contributions to HSA accounts
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Teladoc
- 401(k) with 100% match up to 4% of salary
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Subscription to the Calm app
- MetLife Legal
- Company paid commuter benefit ($50 per pay period)
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