Software Engineer (University Grad)

Crusoe is on a mission to unlock value in stranded energy resources through the power of computation. We aim to align the long term interests of the climate with the future of global computing infrastructure.

Crusoe colocates mobile data centers with stranded energy resources, like flare gas and underloaded renewables, to deliver low-cost, carbon-negative distributed computing solutions. As data centers consume an exponentially growing power footprint to deliver technology to all connected devices, we are inspired by making sure that the energy meeting that demand is sourced in an environmentally responsible fashion.

We’re excited to grow our team after raising a 128M Series B earlier this year through Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Bain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and more. Crusoe Energy is tackling energy use for cryptocurrencies and data centers and greenhouse gas emissions – TechCrunch.

As a Software Engineer at Crusoe, you’ll join a lean (we’re ~80 people total, but only 12 engineers), diverse, and mission-driven team building a new cloud infrastructure from the ground up and work at the forefront of distributed system technologies.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on a range of projects across our Bitcoin Mining Platform and our Island Cloud, which enables climate-friendly innovation in computationally intensive fields including artificial intelligence, graphics rendering and computational biology. You’ll collaborate with other engineers to build and maintain scalable and highly available fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale, build products and tools from the ground up that will be used by customers around the world.

While we’re still a young company, the Class of 2022 will mark our third university class, so we’re accustomed to offering intimate mentorship from industry experts and plenty of opportunity for impact, responsibility, and ownership.

If you have a passion for the energy industry, technology, environmental stewardship and innovative solutions, we want to hear from you. We’re looking for driven individuals aligned with our Core Values:

• Cultivate an Idea Meritocracy: Our ideas are always bigger than our egos. We constantly pursue iterative improvements to the status quo to find new ways of unlocking value. Our greatest ideas are strengthened through vigorous debate and a persistent focus on finding ways to make them better.
• Think Like a Mountaineer: Operations are like climbing a mountain and you must become an operational mountaineer. We’re not just talking about a day hike in the foothills on a sunny afternoon, we are climbing Mt. Everest. Your goals are achievable, but require intense preparation, accurate forecasting, always thinking ahead, and mastery of your tools. Climbing a mountain is not a sprint, it requires consistent endurance and anticipation for challenges that lie around the corner.
• Relentless Commitment to Resource Efficiency: We are focused on doing more with less. We are driven by making a material difference in the human footprint on the environment and making oil companies better. Just as Robinson Crusoe made efficient use of his resources while stranded on a desert island, we find innovative ways to make the most of what we have.
• Tap into the Collective Genius: Our collective knowledge draws from a diverse set of experiences and expertise. We are solving big problems that have never been solved before where there are no experts or tour guides. By tapping into our collective genius, we will push the bounds of human innovation and unlock new potential for the world.
• Be and Become Your Best Self: You will be challenged to do the best work of your entire life. You will continually be pushed to break through to new levels of personal achievement and grow into the greatest version of yourself.

Requirements

• Must be able to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language with at least one modern language such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++
• Computer Science fundamentals in data structures and algorithm design
• Familiarity with React, Typescript, ES6, Webpack, WebSockets
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and build systems, such as GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Terraform
• Familiarity with concurrency, multi-threading and synchronization- Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments

Nice to Have

• An interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
• Experience optimizing JavaScript performance of large-scale, high-volume systems
• Experience with writing automated tests
• Experience with modern data and state technologies like GraphQL, Redux

Benefits (for Full-time Employees)

• Industry competitive pay
• Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO plan options, vision, and dental
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Options
• Teladoc
• 401(k) with a 4% match
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited time off
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Company paid commuter benefit; $100 per month

Our Engineering team is led by:

Chase Lochmiller (CEO / Co-founder): Prior to founding Crusoe, Chase was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, a $1 billion fund investing in blockchain technologies, digital assets and energy-intensive computing applications. Chase was previously a quantitative researcher and trader at Jump Trading and GETCO, where he developed and managed a portfolio of algorithmic trading strategies. Chase holds undergraduate degrees in math and physics from MIT and a masters degree in computer science from Stanford, where he specialized in artificial intelligence.

Nitin Perumbeti (CTO): former co-founder of Battlestar Capital, a cryptocurrency startup focused on operating staking nodes for proof-of-stake blockchains and a co-founder of Bright.com, an AI powered job search and job matching service that was acquired by LinkedIn in 2014, in their largest acquisition up until that time. He managed the technology integration with LinkedIn and later Microsoft, after Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016. Nitin also worked as a software engineer for FreeCause, which was acquired by Japanese technology giant, Rakuten. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Cagri Aksay (VP Software Engineering): Cagri leads the development of Crusoe’s smart datacenter technology together with Nitin. Most recently he was a co-founder and CTO of Battlestar Capital, a cryptocurrency startup building custody solutions for staking nodes in proof-of-stake blockchains. He previously worked at Two Sigma Investments, Microsoft, and AngelList. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Bilkent University and an MS in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University.