Senior Software Engineer, CAPE
Crusoe · San Francisco, CA · Software engineering · posted 3 days ago
Crusoe · Sunnyvale, CA · posted 7 days ago
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 09/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
| Employer | Crusoe |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, California |
| Field | Technology › Software engineering |
| Level | not stated |
| Source category | CTO Office, Developer Experience |
| Posted | 2026-11-02 (7 days ago) |
| Work arrangement | On-site at the location listed |
| Pay | Not published in the source listing |
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
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.
The Developer Experience (DevX) team is a high-impact group charged with fueling the future of Crusoe’s engineering muscle. We’re responsible for critical developer tools and infrastructure that are used by all of Crusoe engineering. We focus on accelerating development while ensuring we keep a high bar for quality.
This role holds a broad, mission-critical charter: to empower every Crusoe engineer to deliver positive change to customers quickly, safely, and efficiently. As a Staff Software Engineer you will need to work through ambiguity to justify investments to improve developer experience across the entire SDLC; tackling everything from local development, build optimization, code review/CI experience and AI tools.
You will play a critical role in shaping our technical direction, communicating a strategic vision, and fostering a company-wide culture of engineering excellence. By partnering with stakeholders across the organization, you will define the future state of Crusoe’s evolving software development efforts and eliminate the friction that stands between an engineer and their "flow state." This is a full-time position for a visionary builder who wants to influence the long-term technical objectives of a company aligning the future of computing with the future of the climate.
Engineering Acceleration: Partner with the broader organization to build paved paths that engineers love to use. Our paved paths are fast, reliable and broadly adopted across all of engineering.
Toil Elimination: Ruthlessly identify and automate away the friction and repetitive tasks that slow down the development process, keeping Crusoe engineers in a state of high productivity.
Library & Environment Creation: Develop the libraries, tools, and pre-production environments necessary for vetting service APIs and complex microservice interactions.
Ecosystem Integration: Unify internal tooling and vendor services to automate workflows, build operational efficiency, and optimize security across the development stack.
Lifecycle Innovation: Innovate across every stage of the development lifecycle, including source code management, build systems, code review, CI/CD pipelines, platform runtimes, and telemetry.
Culture of Quality: Lead efforts to establish a culture of continuous quality delivery that scales seamlessly as our engineering headcount and infrastructure grow.
System Optimization: Work diligently to build efficient systems and processes that serve as a force multiplier for the impact of every engineer around you.
Experience: Previous experience leading the development of developer tools and/or infrastructure for engineering teams
Technical Decision-Making: Expert ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs and understand how infrastructure decisions impact the daily productivity of the end-user (the developer).
Modern Tooling Proficiency: Fluent knowledge of industry-standard AI tooling, build tooling, containerization, and open-source development frameworks.
Workflow Empathy: A demonstrated passion for building empathetic developer and operator workflows that prioritize human productivity.
Cloud-Native Expertise: Professional experience managing or developing within Kubernetes clusters and a deep understanding of container orchestration.
DevOps & Reliability Background: Proven experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Release Engineering, or a similar productivity-focused discipline.
Testing Infrastructure Knowledge: Deep understanding of automated testing infrastructure and how to integrate it into a seamless CI/CD pipeline.
Language & Version Control Mastery: Expertise in modern programming languages (specifically Go) and advanced proficiency in Git-based workflows (GitLab/GitHub).
Mandatory Education: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related analytical field (or equivalent professional experience).
Strategic Vision: Experience informing long-term company objectives through technical insight and developer-centric advocacy.
AI Platforms: Experience building AI agent platforms for engineering teams
Linux Internals: Hands-on experience with Linux image construction, package building.
Community Engagement: Active involvement in the open-source community or a track record of staying current with recent industry advancements in developer productivity.
Automation Mindset: A background in solving complex, multi-layered technical problems and then successfully automating the resulting solutions.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off & paid holidays
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
Compensation Range:
Compensation will be paid in the range of $208,725 - $253,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, 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.
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The closest occupation in the official wage statistics is Software developers (a match by name, so treat it as an estimate). Nationally its median pay is $135,980 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), employment is projected to change by +10.2% between 2025 and 2035, and the typical entry route is: Bachelor's degree.
In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area the median for this occupation is $213,110 a year with 87,350 jobs (BLS OEWS, May 2025). This is a statistic for the occupation, not an offer from this employer.
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The job is in Sunnyvale, CA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.
How Sunnyvale compares. Among the 145 largest places in California, Sunnyvale is #37 by population, #12 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #15 for household income (#1 = highest), #129 for rent (#1 = cheapest). Its county, Santa Clara County, is #1 of 58 counties for average pay ($197,043).
Sunnyvale has 154,236 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.4% of the population of California. It covers 22 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 6,992 people per square mile. The median age is 35.2, 7% younger than the state median (35.2 against 37.9).
The median gross rent is $3,039 a month (rent plus utilities), 49% above the state median ($3,039 against $2,036). Over a year that is 19.6% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $1,801,800, which is 9.7 times the median household income ($186,170); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 43.8% of households own their home, 22% below the state average (43.8% against 55.9%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.
The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area has 1,134,970 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $84,050 a year, 65% above the national median ($84,050 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are computer and mathematical (149,970 jobs, median $186,320); management (115,110 jobs, median $210,750); business and financial operations (94,210 jobs, median $125,240). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (3.9 times) and architecture and engineering (2.5 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($210,750) and legal ($195,190). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Santa Clara County was 4.2%. 72.4% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Santa Clara County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Among workers, 53.7% drive alone, 4.0% use public transit, 1.6% walk, 29.2% work from home. 9.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 54% below the state average (9.0% against 19.4%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.
69.3% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 87% above the state share (69.3% against 37.1%). 50.2% of residents were born outside the United States, 86% above the state share (50.2% against 27.0%). The poverty rate is 5.8%, 52% below the state rate (5.8% against 12.0%).
The warmest month is Aug, averaging 68°F (19.8°C), and the coolest is Jan at 47°F (8.3°C). About 510 mm (20 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (114 mm) and Jul the driest (0 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
Closest cities in this guide: Mountain View (3 miles, similar rent); Santa Clara (4 miles, similar rent); Los Altos (4 miles, rent 15% higher); Cupertino (5 miles, rent 15% higher). Rent differences are against Sunnyvale; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.
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Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Sunnyvale, CA that have a guide, with what living there costs. The last-but-one column divides a year of rent by the median pay of the closest occupation ($213,110 a year), an estimate, not this employer's pay.
| Place ⇅ | Distance from the job city ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ | Median home value ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Commute 45+ min ⇅ | Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅ | Open jobs there ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 0 mi | $3,039 | $1,801,800 | $186,170 | 9.0% | 17.1% | Jobs |
| Mountain View, CA | 3 mi | $3,062 | $1,927,000 | $189,917 | 9.3% | 17.2% | Jobs |
| Santa Clara, CA | 4 mi | $3,016 | $1,582,600 | $178,958 | 8.9% | 17.0% | Jobs |
| Los Altos, CA | 4 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $250,001 | 8.3% | 19.7% | — |
| Cupertino, CA | 5 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $234,707 | 9.1% | 19.7% | Jobs |
| Los Altos Hills, CA | 6 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $250,001 | 18.0% | 19.7% | — |
| Palo Alto, CA | 6 mi | $3,484 | $2,000,001 | $231,101 | 8.2% | 19.6% | Jobs |
| Saratoga, CA | 8 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $250,001 | 8.3% | 19.7% | — |
| Milpitas, CA | 8 mi | $3,120 | $1,251,700 | $178,798 | 15.2% | 17.6% | Jobs |
| East Palo Alto, CA | 8 mi | $2,244 | $1,102,600 | $113,493 | 9.7% | 12.6% | — |
| Newark, CA | 8 mi | $2,776 | $1,142,800 | $169,064 | 22.2% | 15.6% | Jobs |
| Campbell, CA | 8 mi | $2,737 | $1,617,000 | $145,268 | 10.4% | 15.4% | Jobs |
| Fremont, CA | 9 mi | $2,933 | $1,403,800 | $181,506 | 23.6% | 16.5% | Jobs |
| Menlo Park, CA | 9 mi | $3,239 | $2,000,001 | $210,025 | 11.5% | 18.2% | Jobs |
| Atherton, CA | 11 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $250,001 | 7.0% | 19.7% | — |
| Los Gatos, CA | 11 mi | $3,247 | $2,000,001 | $217,554 | 17.6% | 18.3% | — |
| San Jose, CA | 13 mi | $2,669 | $1,233,200 | $146,427 | 15.3% | 15.0% | Jobs |
| Redwood City, CA | 14 mi | $2,968 | $1,801,700 | $157,814 | 10.2% | 16.7% | Jobs |
| Union City, CA | 15 mi | $2,713 | $1,104,900 | $133,715 | 24.0% | 15.3% | — |
| San Carlos, CA | 15 mi | $2,854 | $2,000,001 | $237,470 | 14.9% | 16.1% | Jobs |
Occupations close to Software developers in the official classification, with pay, outlook and whether there are open jobs for them on this site right now.
| Occupation ⇅ | National median pay ⇅ | Growth 2025–35 ⇅ | Openings a year (US) ⇅ | Open jobs here ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer user support specialists | $61,860 | -3.5% | 39,700 | none right now |
| Computer and information research scientists | $140,300 | +21.8% | 2,900 | none right now |
| Information security analysts | $129,180 | +21.0% | 14,100 | 2 open |
| Database architects | $139,500 | +9.4% | 3,900 | 3 open |
| Computer network architects | $134,050 | +7.7% | 9,600 | none right now |
| Computer occupations, all other | $116,580 | +5.1% | 27,000 | none right now |
| Computer systems analysts | $105,850 | +7.9% | 32,900 | 1 open |
How far Sunnyvale, CA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.
| From ⇅ | Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅ | Population of that city ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 13 mi | 990,138 |
| San Francisco, CA | 60 mi | 830,235 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 309 mi | 3,857,263 |
| San Diego, CA | 420 mi | 1,389,526 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 618 mi | 1,642,323 |
| Seattle, WA | 707 mi | 754,195 |
| Denver, CO | 939 mi | 718,877 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,365 mi | 697,125 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1,427 mi | 963,194 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,457 mi | 1,479,835 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,458 mi | 1,307,930 |
| Austin, TX | 1,471 mi | 979,539 |
| Houston, TX | 1,614 mi | 2,328,253 |
| Chicago, IL | 1,841 mi | 2,711,226 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1,932 mi | 885,860 |
| Columbus, OH | 2,097 mi | 914,802 |
| Charlotte, NC | 2,281 mi | 903,844 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 2,348 mi | 977,670 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 2,506 mi | 1,579,706 |
| New York, NY | 2,559 mi | 8,483,844 |
| City ⇅ | Straight-line distance ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto, CA | 6 mi | 298 |
| Milpitas, CA | 8 mi | 2 |
| Campbell, CA | 8 mi | 7 |
| Fremont, CA | 9 mi | 6 |
| San Jose, CA | 13 mi | 698 |
| Redwood City, CA | 14 mi | 45 |
| Belmont, CA | 17 mi | 2 |
| Pleasanton, CA | 21 mi | 6 |
| Alameda, CA | 28 mi | 38 |
| Capitola, CA | 29 mi | 1 |
| San Francisco, CA | 60 mi | 2,804 |
| Sacramento, CA | 87 mi | 53 |
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