Crux

Company Overview

Crux is a capital platform that modernizes capital raising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure. The company provides solutions across advisory, investments, technology, and intelligence. Crux offers a digital marketplace and toolset for transferable tax credit trading and transactions, along with a marketplace for clean energy debt products, including development, construction, and bridge loans. Their services are designed for developers, sponsors, manufacturers, tax credit buyers, investors, and lenders. Crux Securities functions as an institutional broker-dealer for eligible institutional counterparties, qualified institutional buyers, and other sophisticated investors. The company has facilitated billions of dollars in renewables projects, closing over 120-130+ transactions in the last two years. Crux launched its platform for buying and selling clean energy tax credits in spring 2023. By early 2024, the company was working with over 100 partners and had more than $8 billion in credits available for sale. As of March 2025, its debt capital marketplace had over $300 million in loans under negotiation, and lenders had issued more than $1 billion in term sheets.

Culture and Working Dynamics

• Crux operates with a remote-first model, allowing employees to work from anywhere in the US and Canada.
• Optional offices are available in Washington D.C. and New York City (opening Q1 2026).
• Optional co-working opportunities exist in Bay Area, Seattle, Denver, Boston, and Los Angeles.
• The company holds regular team offsites three times per year for the entire company.

Technology and Innovation

Crux is scaling its products with AI. Specific engineering work involves building user-facing LLM products and co-designing processes for shipping AI products. The IT Lead role focuses on vendor procurement, contracts, provisioning, IT strategy, and employee technology experience, including security policy execution. The company utilizes a modern IT stack and incorporates AI tools such as Claude and Harvey AI in daily IT work.

• Engineers may work with NextJS, React, and Typescript.
• The company's IT stack includes Google Workspace, MDM platforms, identity providers, SSO/SAML, SaaS lifecycle tooling, HubSpot, Rippling, Ramp, GitHub, Vanta, 1Password, Highspot, Sybill, Granola, Navan, Vercel, Notion, Omni, BigQuery, Lattice, and Adobe.

Working Conditions

• Crux operates as a remote-first company in the US and Canada.
• Some roles require travel, such as the Executive Assistant position with approximately 20% travel for company/team offsites and meetings, the Legal Partnerships Lead role with approximately 25% travel for partner briefings and events, and the Managing Director, Tax Investor Coverage roles with 25% travel. The Principal, Investments (Tax & Preferred Equity) role also requires up to 25% travel.
• The AI Product Engineer role has a base compensation range of $150,000 - $250,000, not reflecting equity value. The Business Operations Lead role has a base compensation range of $150,000 - $200,000, not reflecting equity value. The Director, Marketing Strategy role has a base salary range of $180,000 - $200,000+, not inclusive of equity value. The Executive Assistant role has a cash compensation range of $100,000 - $160,000, not inclusive of equity value. The IT Lead role has a base compensation range of $140,000 - $200,000, not reflecting equity value. The Legal Partnerships Lead role has a base salary in the high $100,000s - $200,000s. The Managing Director, Tax Investor Coverage roles have a total cash compensation range of $500,000s - $700,000s. The Principal, Investments (Tax & Preferred Equity) role has a compensation range of $300,000s - $500,000s. All these roles offer stock options and company-wide bonuses tied to revenue goals, with some also offering discretionary annual performance bonuses.

Benefits and Perks

• Healthcare: 100% of premiums covered for employees with Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) plans; 70% subsidy for dependents.
• Dental & Vision: 100% of premiums covered for employees; 50% for dependents.
• Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days per year.
• 401k: Supported, without a matching program.
• Parental Leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents; 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• AI learning stipend: $5,000 towards AI learning and development for certain senior roles.