Senior Engineering Manager, Operations

The posting, as Crusoe wrote it

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Crusoe Cloud is seeking a Senior Manager Engineering, Network Operations to own production reliability for our global network infrastructure, spanning edge, backbone, data center fabric, and GPU cluster interconnects. As our footprint of high-performance compute (HPC) and GPU-based AI infrastructure scales, you will build and lead the team responsible for incident response, root cause analysis, and operational excellence across a growing, 24x7, multi-region network.

You're accountable for the org's operational output: uptime, mean-time-to-resolution, and the rigor of every postmortem. You build and scale the operations team, set the standards for how incidents are handled and prevented, and are a trusted voice in planning conversations with sister Network Operations, Network Deployment, Architecture, and Site Reliability leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Build and Lead the Organization: Own the operations org's structure and growth. Hire and develop Senior and Staff Network Production Operations Engineers across multiple sites and time zones, and build the management layer beneath you as the on-call footprint and device fleet scale.
• Own Production Reliability: Be accountable for uptime across Crusoe's global edge, backbone, data center, and GPU cluster network, directly supporting AI workloads running across thousands of GPUs worldwide.
• Own Incident Response: Set the org's incident command structure, escalation paths, and on-call model. Serve as an executive escalation point during high-severity network events, and ensure stakeholder communication is fast, clear, and accurate.
• Own Root Cause Analysis and Remediation: Hold the org accountable for rigorous RCAs and for tracking remediation plans through to closure. Run cross-team pos

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st longer-term org health, reliability standards, and team sustainability.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in hyperscale or ISP environments.

BONUS POINTS

• Experience with NVIDIA/Mellanox networking platforms in GPU cluster environments.
• Familiarity with Kentik or Arbor for traffic analysis and DDoS visibility.
• Experience defining SLIs/SLOs in partnership with SRE or product teams.
• Exposure to operating 10K+ device fleets across hyperscale or cloud environments.
• Background building or scaling post-incident learning programs org-wide.

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 $230,000 - $280,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's 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.