The role
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:
We are looking for a Principal Enterprise Technology Architect to own the technical vision for how our internal business systems connect, scale, and evolve. This is a newly created senior Individual Contributor role: you will be the highest-ranking technical voice in our Enterprise Technology organization, setting the architectural standard that guides our team of experienced system administrators.
Crusoe is at an inflection point. We have mature, capable platforms running Finance (Oracle Fusion, Coupa, Sage Intacct), Construction and Operations (Procore, Oracle Primavera), and People (Rippling, Ashby), but they operate largely as islands. Your mandate is to design the unified architecture that connects them: defining master data models, engineering a scalable and increasingly event-driven integration layer, and building the governance frameworks (including how AI is responsibly introduced into these systems) that take us from startup agility to enterprise maturity.
This is a greenfield architecture role first. You will spend the majority of your time designing systems, producing ERDs, context diagrams, and sequence flows, before a single line of configuration is written. This role does not carry formal people-management responsibility, though as a Principal (P6) you may guide contributors indirectly on complex initiatives. You will serve as the integration and architecture subject matter expert that a team of senior administrators pulls in on complex, cross-system initiatives, and as a voice in Architecture Review Board discussions on major platform changes.
This role partners with, rather than replaces, existing domain owners: the IT Architect retains ownership of iPaaS design and governance, the Identity Lead retains ownership of IAM/PAM and access governance, and the AI & Automation Staff Engineer retains ownership of AI governance and architecture. This role's mandate is enterprise-wide data-model and integration-pattern design, done in partnership with those owners.
What You'll Be Working On:
- Greenfield Architecture & System Design
- Lead technical discovery for all major system initiatives, producing high-fidelity artifacts — ERDs, system context diagrams, data flow maps, and sequence diagrams — that serve as the source of truth for implementation
- Assess current platform limitations and define the path forward, including when to optimize, when to re-platform, and when to build a custom integration layer
- Serve as the primary technical evaluator during software procurement, vetting vendors on API robustness, data model flexibility, and security compliance — not just features
- Identify and document integration debt across the current-state architecture and develop a prioritized roadmap to address it
- Participate in Architecture Review Board discussions, ensuring major system changes align with enterprise standards and reference architecture
- Master Data & Integration Strategy
- Partner with platform SMEs and administrators to define a unified approach to master data across the organization
- Partner with the IT Architect and platform SMEs who own our iPaaS integration environment today, co-developing reusable integration patterns, error-handling frameworks, and self-healing workflows that raise the bar without displacing existing ownership
- Drive integration architecture toward API-first, event-driven patterns (REST, webhooks/pub-sub) where they improve reliability and reduce latency over batch processing
- Define how internal systems authenticate and communicate, with strict enforcement of secure API standards (OAuth 2.0, REST/SOAP) across all integrations
- AI & Intelligent Automation
- Partner with the AI & Automation Staff Engineer to identify high-value opportunities to embed AI into Crusoe's enterprise systems — workflow automation, intelligent document processing, enterprise copilots, and natural-language interfaces to platforms — contributing enterprise-systems and data-model expertise to their design
- Contribute enterprise-architecture perspective to the AI & Automation team's evaluation of agentic AI, RAG, LLM integration patterns, and orchestration frameworks (including MCP); co-develop governance standards for their use within enterprise systems alongside the AI & Automation Staff Engineer, who owns AI governance
- Partner with InfoSec and Data teams to ensure AI-enabled workflows meet data privacy, security, and audit requirements
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Technical Advisorship
- Work alongside a team of experienced senior system administrators across Oracle, Procore, Coupa, Rippling, and other platforms — serving as the go-to architecture and integration resource on complex cross-system initiatives
- Conduct design and configuration reviews, provide architectural guidance, and help administrators think through integration trade-offs on their projects
- Establish shared standards for documentation, sandbox management, and change control that the broader team can build toward consistently
- Governance & Standards
- Establish the “Rules of the Road” for the Enterprise Technology team: naming conventions, sandbox management, documentation standards, and change control processes
- Partner with InfoSec to ensure all architectural designs meet SOC2 and SOX requirements
- Partner with the Identity Lead, who owns IAM/PAM and access design, to ensure RBAC models across enterprise systems are secure without creating operational friction — contributing enterprise-systems context rather than setting Identity policy independently
- Define architectural review processes and quality standards for enterprise-systems initiatives, coordinating with the AI & Automation and Identity teams on criteria within their respective domains
- Cross-Functional Translation
- Serve as the primary bridge between business needs and technical execution, representing the Enterprise Technology team to stakeholders in Finance, Construction, and People
- Communicate architectural trade-offs — real-time vs. batch, build vs. buy, monolith vs. modular — clearly to non-technical audiences
- Build credibility and trust with business partners through consistent, clear communication and follow-through
What You'll Bring to the Team:
- Demonstrated experience designing systems from the ground up, with examples of greenfield architecture work including ERDs, context diagrams, and data flow documentation you personally produced.
- 10-15+ years of experience in Enterprise Systems or Solutions Architecture, or equivalent depth of domain/architectural expertise, with at least 5+ years in a Solution Architect or Lead Systems Engineer role and a track record of sustained, recognized impact in the field.
- Deep familiarity with at least one of our core platform domains: ERP/Finance (Oracle Fusion Cloud, Coupa, Sage Intacct) or Construction/Ops (Procore, Oracle Primavera).
- Strong understanding of business process flows, particularly Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), and Hire-to-Retire (H2R), and how they map to system data models.
- Advanced SQL proficiency and deep fluency with web services (REST/SOAP, JSON, XML, Postman).
- Experience operating as a senior technical resource without formal authority, advising peers, running design reviews, and influencing stakeholders through expertise rather than title.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop senior colleagues and to guide contributors indirectly, without formal management authority, on complex technical and architectural decisions.
- Comfort making strategic calls under significant ambiguity, reading urgency correctly, and finding efficient resolution paths on programs with Crusoe-wide visibility.
- Ability to work onsite in San Francisco or Denver per the schedule outlined above.
Bonus Points
- Hands-on experience with an enterprise iPaaS platform (Workato preferred; MuleSoft, Boomi, or equivalent considered), including building complex integrations, custom connectors, and managing integration lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with our full platform stack: Oracle Fusion Cloud, Coupa, Sage Intacct, Procore, Oracle Primavera, Rippling, Ashby.
- Experience building AI-enabled enterprise applications, including agentic AI, RAG, LLM orchestration, MCP, or vector databases, and evaluating them for business-system use cases.
- Cloud-native architecture exposure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and familiarity with event-driven integration patterns (e.g., pub/sub, webhooks).
- Certifications: Workato Automation Pro II/III, TOGAF, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in high-growth technology or infrastructure companies navigating the startup-to-enterprise transition.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
- 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
- Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks & programs specific to location
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $225,000- $255,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's 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.