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Engineering Manager, Deployment

Crusoe· Cloud Engineering
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San Francisco, CA - US, Sunnyvale, CA - US, Denver, CO - US$200k - $240k + equityFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Engineering Manager responsible for leading the deployment organization, delivering global HPC/GPU-based AI infrastructure builds, and driving automation, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Build and Lead Your Team: Manage your team's structure and growth. Hire and develop Network Production Engineers across multiple sites and time zones.
  • Drive Deployment Automation Adoption: Help execute the automation strategy across the deployment lifecycle, including ZTP-based provisioning, Ansible-driven configuration, and CI/CD pipelines for network turn-up. Replace manual steps with automated workflows as the site pipeline scales.
  • Deliver Your Portion of the Portfolio: Accountable for on-time, zero-defect delivery across assigned site build-outs; manage operating cadence and staffing.
  • Execute Against Strategy: Turn deployment strategy and standards into execution plans; surface field realities to inform evolution of standards.
  • Report on Program Status: Provide program reporting and risk escalation to Data Center Ops, Supply Chain, and Site Reliability leadership.
  • Manage Vendor and Partner Performance: Hold vendors to SLAs and quality bars; escalate systemic issues.
  • Champion Validation Rigor: Ensure burn-in and SAT standards are met; collaborate on handoff quality and root-cause resolution.
  • Support Capacity Planning: Provide input on hardware lifecycle, lead-time risk, and turn-up cadence for the site pipeline.
  • Contribute to Continuous Improvement: Participate in cross-site retrospectives and post-incident reviews; surface gaps in tooling, staffing, or process.
  • Develop Team Members: Coach engineers into stronger technical and people contributors.
  • Apply Frontend Network Reference Architecture: Build sites against frontend GPU/compute fabric reference architectures and provide field feedback.
  • Apply Backend Network Reference Architecture: Build sites against backend network reference architectures to ensure integration with frontend fabric.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in network engineering or data center deployment, including 2+ years managing engineers in a large-scale infrastructure environment.
  • Proven People Leadership: Track record of building and retaining a high-performing technical team.
  • Program Execution: Demonstrated ability to deliver on multiple concurrent, complex projects with solid reporting and risk management.
  • Strong Technical Fluency: Knowledge of physical layer standards, leaf-spine fabric, and networking protocols to guide the team and engage Architecture.
  • Automation Fluency: Working understanding of Python/Ansible/ZTP-based deployment automation and CI/CD patterns.
  • Vendor and Partner Management: Experience holding external partners to SLAs and escalation when performance slips.
  • Clear Communication: Ability to set context and manage expectations with stakeholders across Ops, Supply Chain, and Architecture.
  • Operational Judgment: Balance near-term delivery pressure with team health and sustainability.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience in hyperscale or ISP environments.

Skills

Required:Team LeadershipProgram ManagementNetworking FundamentalsAutomation & CI/CDVendor Management

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
Last updated Sep 30, 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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