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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Storage DPU

Crusoe· Cloud Engineering
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San Francisco, CA - US$245k - $290kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Crusoe is building a globally distributed, high-performance storage platform purpose-built for AI/HPC workloads. The role focuses on owning how Crusoe's storage stack uses DPUs/SmartNICs to offload work from the host CPU, driving integration across storage, networking, and compute hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Hardware Offload for Storage Protocols: Design and implement software that offloads storage-protocol work (NVMe-oF target/initiator processing, encryption, compression, checksums, erasure coding) from the host CPU onto DPUs/SmartNICs, measurably reducing host CPU overhead per I/O.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep, hands-on systems-level programming (C, C++, or Rust) and production experience in Go, Java, or similar for control-plane/orchestration work.
  • Direct, hands-on experience with SmartNICs/DPUs in production — NVIDIA BlueField (2/3), Intel IPU, ConnectX 6/7, or comparable hardware-offload platforms.
  • Working knowledge of NVMe-oF, RDMA/RoCE/InfiniBand, and the storage protocols DPU offload commonly accelerates.
  • Experience with kernel-bypass and hardware-offload techniques: SR-IOV, vDPA, virtio (virtio-blk/virtio-fs), XDP/eBPF, or DPDK/SPDK.
  • Strong Linux systems background — kernel internals, device drivers, I/O subsystems.
  • Experience contributing to at least one of file, block, or object storage systems.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Skills

Required:C, C++, RustGo or JavaSmartNICs/DPUs (NVIDIA BlueField, Intel IPU, ConnectX)NVMe-oF, RDMA/RoCE/InfiniBandkernel-bypass technologies (SR-IOV, vDPA, virtio, XDP/eBPF, DPDK/SPDK)

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 Oct 7, 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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