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Senior Engineering Manager, Deployment

Crusoe· Cloud Engineering
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Bellevue, WA - US, Sunnyvale, CA - US$230k - $280kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Engineering Manager, Deployment at Crusoe Cloud leading the organization responsible for physically and logically bringing a global network online, scaling HPC and GPU-based AI infrastructure, and driving delivery across concurrent site builds.

Responsibilities

  • Build and Lead the Organization: Own the deployment org's structure and growth. Hire and develop Managers, Staff, and Senior Network Production Engineers across multiple sites and time zones, and build the management layer beneath you as the team scales.
  • Own Deployment Automation: Be accountable for the org's automation strategy and adoption across the deployment lifecycle, including ZTP-based provisioning, Ansible-driven configuration, and CI/CD pipelines for network turn-up. Drive tooling investment decisions, and replace manual steps with automated workflows as the site pipeline scales.
  • Own the Delivery Portfolio: Be accountable for on-time, zero-defect delivery across the full portfolio of concurrent site build-outs. Set the operating cadence, staffing model, and escalation paths.
  • Translate Strategy into Execution: Partner with Network Deployment technical leadership to turn deployment strategy and standards into org-wide execution plans, and feed field realities back into how those standards evolve.
  • Run Executive-Level Cadence: Own program reporting and risk escalation to Data Center Ops, Supply Chain, and Site Reliability leadership; represent the deployment org in cross-functional and executive planning.
  • Own Vendor and Partner Performance: Set and enforce SLAs and quality bars for structured cabling vendors, remote hands, and data center providers; escalate systemic partner issues and drive resolution.
  • Champion Validation Rigor: Ensure burn-in and site acceptance testing (SAT) standards are consistently met across every site; partner on handoff quality and RCA.
  • Own Capacity Planning Inputs: Partner with Supply Chain and Infrastructure leadership on hardware lifecycle, lead-time risk, and turn-up cadence across the org's full site pipeline.
  • Drive Org-Level Continuous Improvement: Run cross-site retrospectives and post-incident reviews; drive fixes in tooling, staffing, or process.
  • Develop the Next Layer of Leaders: Coach managers and senior engineers into stronger leaders and build bench strength.
  • Own Frontend Network Reference Architecture: Define and maintain standardized reference architectures for frontend GPU/compute fabric; keep designs current with GPU generations and interconnect standards.
  • Own Backend Network Reference Architecture: Define and maintain standardized reference architectures for backend networks; ensure repeatable designs and integration with frontend fabric.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in network engineering or data center deployment, including 4+ years managing engineers or engineering managers in a large-scale infrastructure environment.
  • Proven People and Org Leadership: track record of building, scaling, and retaining high-performing technical teams; experience managing managers or team leads preferred.
  • Portfolio-Level Program Ownership: ability to own delivery across many concurrent, complex projects with executive-level reporting and risk management.
  • Strong Technical Fluency: knowledge of physical layer standards, leaf-spine fabric, and protocols sufficient to shape standards discussions (e.g., 400G/800G, Arista/Juniper/NVIDIA-Mellanox, BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, LLDP).
  • Automation Fluency: working understanding of Python/Ansible/ZTP-based deployment automation and CI/CD patterns.
  • Vendor and Partner Leadership: experience setting and enforcing SLAs with external partners at scale.
  • Executive Communication: ability to communicate with senior stakeholders across Ops, Supply Chain, and Architecture.
  • Operational and Strategic Judgment: balance near-term delivery with long-term org health and standards.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience in hyperscale or ISP environments.

Skills

Required:People leadership and managementProgram management across multi-site deploymentsTechnical fluency in data center networkingAutomation tooling (Python/Ansible/ZTP)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off, holidays & leave of absence
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to HSA
  • 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%
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance
  • Additional location-specific perks
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Crusoe

The AI factory company | Renewable-powered AI infrastructure

Crusoe provides next-gen AI infrastructure and cloud compute using an energy-first approach. Deploy AI workloads at scale with reliable performance and 24/7 support.

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