# Distinguished/Principal Engineer at Crux

- Company: Crux
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.cruxdata.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crux/618d8551-700a-414a-b1ba-f848e84234e0?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crux-distinguished-principal-engineer/

## About the role

You will set the technical direction for the hardest problems at Crux: the ones that sit between layers and belong to no single team. Crux is designing power, facilities, TPU clusters, networking, and software together, which creates problems that have never been solved at this scale or with this degree of integration. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years designing and building large-scale networked or distributed systems, with work that has changed how the industry builds infrastructure
- A record of taking ideas from research or first principles into production, as a founder, startup CTO, or technical lead at a hyperscaler, research lab, or infrastructure company
- Deep expertise in at least one of networking, distributed systems, operating systems, or systems for AI, and fluency across the others
- A PhD in computer science or a related field, with publications at venues such as SIGCOMM, NSDI, OSDI, or SOSP
- Recognition such as ACM or IEEE Fellow, or test-of-time and best paper awards
- Experience founding or serving as CTO of an infrastructure startup, including through acquisition

Tags: Technology

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