Operating Systems & KernelDatabases & StorageNetworkingVirtualization & ContainersGraphics, GPU & Compute

Principal Systems Software Engineer

Crusoe · San Francisco, CA - US

Crusoe is hiring a Principal Systems Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA - US. The role focuses on operating systems & kernel, databases & storage, networking, virtualization & containers, graphics, gpu & compute.

Key responsibilities

  • In this position, you will bridge the gap between silicon and software, advising executive leadership on critical hardware/software co-design pivots while remaining hands-on enough to lead elite R&D teams in shipping production-grade kernel and orchestration code.
  • Elastic CaaS: Build a high-performance container substrate (utilizing Kubernetes or Slurm) that allows AI workloads to burst and scale across heterogeneous GPU nodes.
  • High-Level Debugging: Work alongside Staff and Senior engineers to resolve complex race conditions in the I/O path and optimize kernel-level memory pinning for GPU clusters.

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