# Principal AI Ops Engineer at Crux

- Company: Crux
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.cruxdata.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-11-02
- Apply by: 2026-12-17
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crux/3a24f3a5-d37f-44ba-9221-199696fd3e8f?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crux-principal-ai-ops-engineer/

## About the role

You will build the systems that let AI agents, not people, do most of the work of running Crux's TPU fleet. Reporting to our Director, AI Ops, you will be one of the first engineers on the team, writing the telemetry pipelines, correlation logic, and agents that detect, triage, and remediate failures across facilities, TPU hosts, the network, and the control plane before a customer notices. You will turn every runbook into code and every repeat incident into automation. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in software engineering, SRE, or production engineering for large-scale infrastructure, including operating a fleet across many sites against hard SLAs
- Built and shipped AI-driven operations systems in production, such as event correlation, anomaly detection, auto-remediation, or agentic triage, with measurable results
- Strong software skills in Python or Go, and hands-on experience with observability stacks (for example Prometheus or OpenTelemetry), Kubernetes, and large-scale data pipelines
- SRE or production engineering at a hyperscaler (Google, Meta, Microsoft, AWS) or a neocloud (CoreWeave, Nebius, Lambda, Crusoe)
- Experience operating TPU or GPU clusters for large training and inference workloads, including hardware health, repair workflows, and fleet telemetry
- Experience with data center infrastructure telemetry such as BMS, DCIM, or power and cooling systems

Tags: Technology

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