CareerPlan

Staff Engineer, Crusoe Managed Data Transfer (Distributed Systems)

San Francisco, CA - USFull-time$215k–$260k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-11

Core

Technical lead and systems architect for Crusoe's Managed Data Transfer (MDT) service, moving petabyte-scale training data between hyperscaler storage and Crusoe storage.

Role type

Staff Engineer, distributed systems

Builds

MDT service (control plane, transfer worker fleet, storage/network integration)

Domain

AI infrastructure, cloud storage, data transfer

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

distributed systems design, data movement and storage performance, systems integration, cross-team influence, operational ownership, Go proficiency

Preferred skills

bulk data transfer systems experience, cloud networking and interconnects, cross-account cloud IAM, ANN indexing, AI/HPC data pipelines

Technologies

Kubernetes, Go, object storage, TCP, AWS DataSync, Google Storage Transfer Service, rclone, AWS Direct Connect, GCP Interconnect

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end design of MDT (job API, scheduler, workers, storage integration), evaluate and migrate production prototype, set data-plane strategy for throughput and correctness, define cross-team interfaces, design for extensibility and build-versus-buy, establish operational excellence, partner with Product on scope and pricing, mentor engineers

Seniority

Staff, technical lead and architect