Senior Engineer I

About the role

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain large-scale data ingestion, storage, and querying systems supporting AI/ML experiment tracking and analytics.
• Architect and optimize distributed systems and backend services to improve performance, reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency across petabyte-scale datasets.
• Implement and enhance customer-facing APIs using modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, TypeScript) and storage technologies such as MySQL, Bigtable, ClickHouse, Postgres, and Kafka/PubSub.
• Build, deploy, and operate services on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, using tools such as Terraform and major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues related to distributed systems, data pipelines, and storage/query performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, revenue, and engineering) to define technical requirements, design system architectures, and deliver new platform capabilities.
• Lead long-term architectural initiatives to evolve metrics and storage infrastructure, ensuring secure, reliable, and cost-optimized operation.
• Mentor junior engineers by providing technical guidance, code reviews, design feedback, and best practices for high-quality software development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's / US or Foreign Equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related STEM fields and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related role.
• Must have five (5) years of experience with: Maintaining and deploying Go and Python code in live software systems; Maintaining and adapting systems that use MySQL and Postgres; Deploying and optimizing distributed systems on cloud platforms, such as GCP, AWS, Azure; Building and maintaining using Kubernetes and Docker; Building, deploying, and developing new features and API (Rest or gRPC); and Maintaining and adapting systems that use Kafka or Pubsub.

Qualifications

• Experience with designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale data ingestion, storage, and querying systems.
• Experience with architecting and optimizing distributed systems and backend services.
• Experience with implementing and enhancing customer-facing APIs using modern programming languages and storage technologies.
• Experience with building, deploying, and operating services on Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Experience with diagnosing and resolving complex production issues related to distributed systems, data pipelines, and storage/query performance.
• Experience with collaborating with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, design system architectures, and deliver new platform capabilities.
• Experience with leading long-term architectural initiatives to evolve metrics and storage infrastructure.
• Experience with mentoring junior engineers by providing technical guidance, code reviews, design feedback, and best practices for high-quality software development.

Skills

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data pipelines, and storage/query performance.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, TypeScript).
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with building, deploying, and developing new features and API (Rest or gRPC).
• Experience with Kafka or Pubsub.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave.
• Company-paid Life Insurance.
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Health Savings Account.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health.
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside.
• 401(k) with a generous employer match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations.
• A casual work environment.
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption.

Pay

$215,000-$254,000 / year

Schedule

Full time; Mon – Fri (40 hours per week)