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# FDE jobs at Crusoe

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe

3 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Crusoe across 1 US metro. Median posted base pay $238,000.

Vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that sources energy, builds and manufactures AI data centers, and delivers GPU cloud and managed inference services for model builders, hyperscalers, and enterprises.

Later private · About 1,001–5,000 people

**3 postings** 1 metro median posted base $238,000 [Careers at Crusoe ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe) read Nov 6, 2026

## 3 open FDE roles at Crusoe

### [Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago

$250,000–$300,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5d67843846305b6d)

### [Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$215,000–$260,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6b6957db986de8d)

Builds for teams inside the company

### [Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d056ef0f4cec870)

San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago

$215,000–$260,000

- [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d056ef0f4cec870)

2 of 3 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it.

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## How Crusoe describes FDE work

All three postings describe production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. 2 of 3 serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. All three are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings.

Read from the current postings listed here, not from company-wide policy. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research)

## Compare with similar employers

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### [Agile Defense](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/agile-defense)

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Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area

- [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 3 Crusoe postings · 482 companies

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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