Crusoe · 1 day ago
Senior Director, Security Engineering
San Francisco, CA - US
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$256K/yr - $320K/yr
10+ years expCrusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence, focusing on sustainable technology. The Senior Director of Security Engineering will define and drive the security strategy for Crusoe Cloud, overseeing product and infrastructure security while building a high-performing security engineering team.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data CenterEnergyEnergy ManagementOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Define and execute the vision and roadmap for the Security Engineering team with a focus on product security, infrastructure security, and detection engineering
Recruit, develop, and mentor a world-class team of security engineers
Provide strong technical leadership while fostering a culture of collaboration, continual learning, innovation, and operational excellence
Partner deeply with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Cloud Availability teams to embed a 'security-first' culture
Ensure security is a core component of the entire product development lifecycle—from concept to launch
Serve as a security domain expert, providing guidance and communicating security risks and concepts to senior leadership, engineering teams, and other internal stakeholders
Champion and direct research into emerging threats against AI/ML systems
Ensure the team stays at the forefront of securing large-scale models and agentic systems, keeping our security posture ahead of the innovation curve
Act as a key security evangelist for the company
Engage directly with customers, partners, and auditors to build trust by clearly articulating our security posture, controls, and vision
Lead and scale a global 24/7 detection and response function
Deploy sophisticated automation, enhance monitoring capabilities, and mature incident response playbooks to handle complex threats in a distributed cloud environment
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in security engineering, with at least 4+ years leading security teams
Ability to think strategically, set a clear vision, make informed decisions, and guide the team towards achieving security objectives
Proven track record of building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing security engineering teams that ship production-grade software or security tooling
Hands-on experience with threat modeling, secure coding practices, and implementing authorization architectures that meet best practices
Ability to make challenging security roadmap decisions in the absence of complete information
Strong background securing cloud infrastructure technologies, including public and private cloud, virtualization, and containerization
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders, present technical concepts, and build consensus
Experience or desire to use GenAI to solve security challenges
This role is required to be onsite in our San Francisco, CA office 5 days/week
Benefits
Industry competitive pay
Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
Employer contributions to HSA accounts
Paid Parental Leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Teladoc
401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
Cell phone reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement
Subscription to the Calm app
MetLife Legal
Company paid commuter benefit; $300 per month
Company
Crusoe
Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that builds and operates data centers powered by energy sources.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.9BKey Investors
Victory Park CapitalBrookfield Asset ManagementUpper90
2025-12-19Secondary Market
2025-10-23Series E· $1.4B
2025-08-25Debt Financing· $175M
Leadership Team
Chase Lochmiller
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Cully Cavness
Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer
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