Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Experience

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 the Role:

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the Senior Director of Engineering for Developer Experience, you will own and drive the strategy, execution, and culture of the team responsible for how Crusoe's engineers and non-engineers build, ship, and operate software. Crusoe is looking for a visionary to develop and further build a talented team focused on making every developer at Crusoe faster, more effective, and more empowered through world-class internal tooling, platforms, and AI-powered automation. You'll partner closely with senior engineering and product leadership to define and deliver the foundation that accelerates everything we build.

What You'll Be Working On:

• Developer Platform & Internal Tooling: Define and execute the long-term vision for Crusoe's internal developer platform — including shared services, internal APIs, repositories, and self-service infrastructure — that enables engineering teams to move with speed and confidence.
• AI Platform: Rapidly develop and productionize software for the entire company. You’ll create and evangelize the golden path to productionizing AI-developed tools, supporting every team at Crusoe. You’ll tip the scales on build-vs-buy for every proposed SaaS purchase.
• CI/CD & DevOps Infrastructure: Oversee the design, reliability, and continuous improvement of Crusoe's CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment infrastructure, ensuring engineering teams can ship safely and rapidly at scale.
• Engineering Productivity & Process: Define and drive org-wide engineering productivity initiatives — establishing metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing tooling and process improvements that measurably improve developer experience across the company.
• People Leadership: Manage and grow a team of talented engineers and establish a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with senior leaders across Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product to align Developer Experience investments with company-wide engineering goals and priorities.
  
  
  

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• Proven Leadership: 10 years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Developer Experience Expertise: Deep, hands-on understanding of what it takes to build great developer experience, such as internal platforms, tooling, CI/CD systems, and developer productivity programs at scale.
• AI Evangelist: You should be extremely fluent in agentic software development .
• Technical Depth: Strong engineering fundamentals with the ability to lead engineers on architecture decisions, technology choices, and complex technical trade-offs across platform and infrastructure domains.
• Strategic Vision with Execution Discipline: Demonstrated ability to define a roadmap for a platform or infrastructure organization and drive it to delivery through structured planning, prioritization, and cross-functional alignment.
• Data-Driven Approach: Experience establishing and using developer productivity metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, deployment frequency, cycle time) to identify opportunities and demonstrate impact.
• Communication & Influence: Exceptional communicator who can operate effectively at both the executive level and in the weeds with engineering teams — translating strategy into execution and results into business impact.
  
  
  

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• 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
  
  
  

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $301,750 - $355,000 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.