Senior Software Engineer, Network Tooling

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Senior Software Engineer, Network Tooling in USA

Crusoe
Full time
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USA
08/20/2026
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Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities

Design and develop network state management systems covering provisioning, configuration management, topology and routing state, and control-plane APIs.
Scale distributed control-plane systems to support increasing network scale, device counts, and infrastructure complexity.
Design fault-tolerant, highly available systems for reliable network operations.
Own initiatives from ideation through development and deployment.
Mentor engineers, participate in technical assessments and code reviews, and contribute to technical direction.
Partner with product, operations, and engineering teams on networking needs and build-versus-buy decisions.
Advocate for CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Deliver tooling used by operations and engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and maintain network infrastructure.

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience building production backend systems.
Proficiency in at least one of Go, Rust, C++, Java, or Python.
Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts including consensus, state reconciliation, fault tolerance, and high availability design.
Experience designing and building scalable, reliable APIs or services used by multiple teams.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform or Ansible.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction.
Bonus: experience with networking software, routing, switching, BGP, SDN, or control-plane systems.
Bonus: experience at a cloud provider, hyperscaler, or large-scale data center operator.
Bonus: familiarity with gNMI, gRPC, or NETCONF.
Bonus: experience with Kubernetes orchestration or custom controllers/operators.
Bonus: contributions to open-source infrastructure or networking projects.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity packages, including Restricted Stock Units and bonus eligibility.
Paid time off, paid holidays, leave of absence programs, and volunteer time off.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
Employer HSA contributions.
Paid parental leave.
Paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
Mental health and wellness support.
Commuter benefits for parking and transit.
Cell phone stipend.
401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
Daily meals allowance and additional location-specific perks.

Salary: $170k - $205k/yr

Crusoe

As the AI factory company, Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company provides a reliable, scalable, cost-effective, and energy-first solution for AI infrastructure. By harnessing large-scale energy resources, building AI-optimized data centers, and...

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