Senior Manager, Network & Cloud Architecture

Crusoe Energy Systems LLC

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco, CA - US

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
• We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
• If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
• We're looking for a Senior Manager of Network & Cloud Architecture to lead the organization responsible for the physical and logical network fabric that powers our AI-first cloud, from edge points of presence, through the long-haul backbone, into our GPU data centers, and up through the SDN/cloud control plane our customers interact with.
• The ideal candidate is a seasoned network architecture leader who has scaled infrastructure organizations at a hyperscaler, AI cloud provider, or large-scale colocation operator, and who is equally comfortable setting multi-year technical strategy, arbitrating cross-domain tradeoffs, and developing the next generation of technical leaders beneath them.
• You'll report to the Director of Networking or VP of Infrastructure, sit on the extended infrastructure leadership team, and act as the primary technical and organizational bridge between hardware, infrastructure, and product leadership.
• This is a full-time position.
• You'll be working on owning the company-wide architecture strategy connecting all four domains, ensuring edge PoPs, backbone transport, data center fabrics, and SDN overlays are designed as one coherent system rather than in silos.
• You'll be working on arbitrating high-stakes tradeoffs between domains, e.g., backbone capacity vs. data center fabric bandwidth vs. SDN overlay overhead, and drive decisions with company-wide impact, optimized for AI/HPC workloads.
• You'll be working on establishing engineering standards, reference architectures, and design review processes across the network organization; own final sign-off on major architecture decisions and ensure delivery to production.
• You'll be working on setting north star for PoP design, peering, IX participation, and edge compute/caching placement as the company expands into new markets.
• You'll be working on setting game plan for long-haul/core network design, BGP, MPLS/segment routing, optical transport, and multi-region/multi-campus redundancy and failover posture.
• You'll be working on setting overarching strategy for spine-leaf fabric design, RDMA (RoCEv2/InfiniBand) interconnects, and power/cooling-aware rack design for high-density GPU clusters at hyperscale (500+ switch environments).
• You'll be working on setting strategic direction for SDN control plane architecture (overlay/underlay programmability), Kubernetes networking (CNI selection, network policy, multi-cluster service mesh), and customer-facing cloud constructs (VPCs, load balancers, security groups).
• You'll be working on championing intent-based networking, declarative configuration (GitOps), and network source-of-truth practices across the organization; own executive-level remediation for major cross-domain outages.
• You'll be working on partnering with Product, Hardware, and Infrastructure (including VP/C-level stakeholders) to align multi-year roadmaps with company priorities and represent network architecture in company-wide planning.
• You'll be working on aligning software and operations teams on execution while incorporating their input to strengthen design and architecture.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years in network engineering/architecture, including 5+ years managing exceptionally skilled ICs.
• Proven track record leading network architecture at hyperscale, 1000+ switches across multi-campus or multi-region environments.
• Deep fluency across multiple network domains (edge, backbone, DC fabric, SDN/cloud), with the judgment to know when to go deep personally versus delegate to domain experts.
• Strong command of SDN and cloud-native networking (SDN controllers, Kubernetes CNIs, network virtualization/overlays).
• Demonstrated experience setting multi-year technical strategy and influencing VP/C-level stakeholders through design documents and roadmap reviews.
• Track record building and scaling technical organizations, including hiring and developing senior & staff+ engineers.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

🏖️ Benefits

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

Skills & Technologies

Node.js

Kubernetes

Senior

Onsite

$250k-300k

Degree Required

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About Crusoe Energy Systems LLC

Crusoe Energy Systems is building Crusoe Cloud, an AI cloud platform that provides managed AI services and AI data center infrastructure. They cater to businesses seeking to accelerate AI solution development with optimized models and high-performance computing. The company utilizes environmentally aligned power sources, including wind, solar, and natural gas, to power its data centers. With features like managed Kubernetes and Slurm, Crusoe simplifies operations and ensures reliability with 24/7 support. Crusoe is expanding its reach, including a strategic European expansion with its first data center in Norway. Crusoe recently raised $1.375 billion at a valuation above $10 billion.

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