Your success will be measured by the growth of your engineers, the reliability of our data platform, and your ability to execute a roadmap that supports Crusoe’s mission-critical data needs.
What You'll Be Working On
Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, coach, and grow a team of data engineers. Conduct regular 1:1s, provide career development guidance, and foster a culture of high performance and psychological safety.
Strategic Roadmap: Partner with Product, Data Science, and Cloud Leadership to define the long-term vision and quarterly OKRs for the data platform.
Technical Oversight: While you may not be writing code daily, you will participate in design reviews and ensure the team is building scalable, maintainable architectures (Data Lakes, Warehouses, and ETL frameworks).
Operational Excellence: Drive engineering best practices, including CI/CD, data quality monitoring (observability), and incident management processes.
Recruitment: Lead the hiring process to scale the team, focusing on attracting diverse, world-class engineering talent.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the primary point of contact for data stakeholders across the company, ensuring the data team is unblocked and focused on the highest-priority initiatives.
What You'll Bring to the Team
Leadership Experience: 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a total of 7+ years in data engineering or software engineering.
Technical Depth: A strong background in the modern data stack (Python, SQL, Airflow/Dagster, BigQuery/Snowflake,Kafka, Flink) and cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS). You should be able to lead deep-dive technical discussions.
Execution Focus: Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-quarter technical projects on time and at high quality.
Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical challenges into business impact for stakeholders and executives.
People-First Mindset: A passion for mentorship and a demonstrated ability to help engineers level up in their careers.
Analytical Thinking: Experience building data-driven cultures where decisions are backed by metrics and rigorous testing.
Bonus Points
Experience with bare metal, hyperscaler clouds, or GPU infrastructure.
Deep familiarity with AI/ML data requirements or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
Experience at a high-growth startup where you had to "build the plane while flying it."
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
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $215,000 -$260,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants 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.
