Software Engineer - Cloud Availability Platform Engineering (Observability)
Crusoe
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 137k-166k / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 24, 2025
Location
San Francisco, CA - US
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Cloud Engineering
Crusoe's mission is to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. We’re crafting the engine that powers a world where people can create ambitiously with AI — without sacrificing scale, speed, or sustainability.
Be a part of the AI revolution with sustainable technology at Crusoe. Here, you'll drive meaningful innovation, make a tangible impact, and join a team that’s setting the pace for responsible, transformative cloud infrastructure.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a backend engineer to help build and evolve the systems that power Crusoe Cloud’s observability platform. You’ll design and develop backend services and data pipelines that enable engineers to monitor, debug, and improve the performance of Crusoe’s global infrastructure.
This role is ideal for someone with strong backend development experience who’s excited to learn more about observability and distributed systems while contributing to critical platform services used by every engineering team.
What You’ll Be Working On:
Building and maintaining backend services and APIs that power observability and monitoring systems
Designing reliable data ingestion and processing pipelines for metrics, logs, and traces
Developing scalable storage and query layers for telemetry data using modern distributed systems
Collaborating with platform and SRE teams to ensure system performance, reliability, and visibility
Implementing automation and integrations that make observability data more actionable for engineers
Helping to modernize and extend Crusoe’s internal observability tools and infrastructure
Participating in code reviews, design discussions, and platform-wide technical initiatives
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
3–6 years of experience in backend or platform software development
Strong programming skills in Go or Python (experience with both is a plus)
Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and data processing pipelines
Familiarity with containerized environments and Kubernetes
Experience building systems that process or store large volumes of data
Interest in learning and contributing to observability, monitoring, or telemetry systems
Collaborative mindset with an eagerness to work across infrastructure and platform teams
Bonus Points For:
Exposure to observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, or Jaeger
Experience with streaming or messaging systems (Kafka, NATS, Pulsar)
Understanding of metrics pipelines, alerting systems, or log processing frameworks
Experience in cloud infrastructure or SRE environments
Benefits:
Industry competitive pay
Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
Employer contributions to HSA accounts
Paid Parental Leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Teladoc
401(k) with a 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; $300 per month
Compensation:
Compensation will be paid in the range of $137,000 - $166,000 + 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.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.